Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
The gods do not deduct from a man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
There are plenty of fish in the sea.
Fishing is a constant reminder of humility.
I've gone fishing thousands of times in my life, and I have never once felt unlucky or poorly paid for those hours on the water.
Fish, to taste right, must swim three times - in water, in butter, and in wine.
Fishing is a discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.
Fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it.
All good things come to those who bait.
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
The fish sees the bait, not the hook; a person sees the gain, not the peril.
I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself.
I only fish in one spot - the refrigerator.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
Fish are friends, not food.
I fish better with a lit cigar; some fish better with talent.