Keyword: Fishing

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author
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Sinker: Lead weight attached to the end of a length of fishing line to facilitate the speedy disposal of unwanted lures.

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Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali; he was using a dotted line… he caught every other fish.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
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I look forward to the day when we can just talk about the ethics of angling without this red herring of whether they can feel pain.

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If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks.

(1918 – 1990) football coach
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Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him forf the entire weekend.


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Fishing: A venerable contest in which modern man pits his intelligence and technology against the native wit of primitive aquatic vertebrates, and generally finishes second.

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Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Don’t teach a man to fish… and feed yourself. He’s a grown man. And fishing’s not that hard.

(1970 – ) American actor, writer & carpenter
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It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming.

(1902 – 1968) novelist
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They should call fishing what it really is… tricking and killing!

(1973 – ) American comedian
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You might be a redneck if… you've ever been too drunk to fish.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality
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Limit: Maximum number of a particular fish that an angler can take in a day. This number varies from place to place and species to species, but it is a largely theoretical restriction with little practical application.

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Hook: Irritating but highly reliable device used to quickly locate the position of one’s thumb at the bottom of a tackle box.

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Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers.

(1945 – ) American humorist (co-founder of National Lampoon)
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Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
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There’s a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking like an idiot.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
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Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

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It is to be observed that ‘angling’ is the name given to fishing by people who can’t fish.

(1869 – 1944) Canadian economist & humorist
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If you're too busy to go fishin', you're too busy.

(1908 – 2003) American actor & dancer
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Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.

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Fishing: A delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

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