Gone Fishin'

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." - Henry David Thoreau

"Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes." - Don Marquis

"Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self." - Ted Hughes

"Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl." - Ernest Hemingway

"The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope." - John Buchan

"The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad." - A.K. Best

"Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn." - Chuck Clark

"If our father had had his way, nobody who did not know how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him." - Norman Maclean