Keyword: Fishing

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

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

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author
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There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in presidents; those are prayer and fishing.

(1929 – 1933) 31st U.S. president, humanitarian
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Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.

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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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Whenever two fishing lines are contiguous, they will become continuous.

Activities Murphy’s Laws

You might be a redneck if… you've ever been too drunk to fish.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality
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If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks.

(1918 – 1990) football coach
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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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1. The more tangled your line is, the better the fishing is around you. 2. The time available to go fishing shrinks as the fishing season draws nearer. 3. The least experienced fisherman always catches the biggest fish.
Corollary: The more elaborate and costly the equipment, the greater chance of having to stop at the fish market on the way home.

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You give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, but you teach a man to fish and you’ve saved yourself a fish haven’t you?”

(1968 – ) English comedian & actor
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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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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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Fishing: A jerk at one end of the line waiting for a jerk at the other end.

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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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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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Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
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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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Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers.

(1945 – ) American humorist (co-founder of National Lampoon)
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