F Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with F. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“FISHER SEES STOCKS PERMANENTLY HIGH”
“Fisherman deceives the fish with bait; this action makes the fisherman dishonest! For a fisherman to be honest, he must not put any bait to his fishhook! He who dares to be ideally honest, let him know how hard it is to be such an honest!”
“Fishermen don’t play to fold. They will always play the bluff no matter how hard things get. We throw the dice no matter how broke or how leveraged we may be. Like any true gambler, we know the dice will eventually get hot again if we throw them hard enough. It’s just a matter of surviving long enough to throw them enough times to find a winning streak”
Source: Vicious Cycle: Whiskey, Women, and Water
“Fishermen, no matter what supreme good fortune befalls them, cannot ever be absolutely satisfied. It is a fundamental weakness of intellect.”
Source: Tales of Fishing Virgin Sea
“Fishes and tales And a fisherman's daughter Walks in the rain, She walks to the water To the sea.”
“Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer, more than it is convenient for him to fancy. Now it is a poor sport that depends for its existence on the want of a voice in the sufferer, and of imagination in the sportsman.”
Source: Leigh Hunt's London Journal
“Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.”
“Fishes that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty.”
“Fishing books , lit by emotion recollected in tranquility, are like poetry. .. . We do not think of them as books but as men. They are our companions and not only riverside. Summer and winter they are with us and what a pleasant company they are.”
Source: Fishing
“Fishing can come as close to doing nothing as anything I can think of.”
Source: Forgotten pleasures: a guide for the seasonal adventurer
“Fishing from a boat seems like dilettante bullshit - like hunting wild boar with a can of spray paint from the safety of a pick-up truck”
“Fishing in a bucket. The total hopelessness of the activity was very soothing. It was the perfect sport. Without the emotional stresses of success and failure, she was entirely free to enjoy the pleasures of the moment... It was a good hobby, and cheap, and if more people did it more often”
“Fishing in rainy conditions may make fisherman seem crazy to the great mass of unimaginative people, but then few fishermen care what they think”
“Fishing in the right pond is better than fishing in the wrong river.”
“Fishing is a condition of mind wherein you cannot possibly have a bad time.”
“Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Herbert Hoover: A Compilation of Many of His Quotations
“Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.”
“Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night. You have to be wise and smart. And quick.”
“Fishing is a pleasure of retirement, yet the angler has the power to let the fish live or die.”
Source: A Chinese Garden of Serenity: Epigrams from the Ming Dynasty
“Fishing is a quest for knowledge and wonder as much as a pursuit of fish.”
Source: The Fishing Life: An Angler's Tales of Wild Rivers and Other Restless Metaphors
“Fishing is a quest for knowledge and wonder as much as a pursuit of fish; it is as much an acquaintance with beavers, dippers, and other fishermen as it is the challenge of catching trout.”
Source: The Fishing Life: An Angler's Tales of Wild Rivers and Other Restless Metaphors
“Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.”
Source: Addresses Upon the Road: World War II, 1941-1945
“Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.”
Source: Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
“Fishing… is like life: mostly about deception, waiting, luck, and going home empty-handed.”
Source: Coyote Songs
“Fishing is more than fish; it is the vitalizing lure to outdoor life.”
Source: Fishing for Fun - and to Wash Your Soul
“Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.”
Source: Fishing for Fun - and to Wash Your Soul
“Fishing is not a benign activity; it is hunting in the water.”
“Fishing is not like billiards, in which it is possible to attain a disgusting perfection.”
“Fishing is one of the greatest things that you can do, it has the power to relax you like nothing else and there's nothing quite like the thrill of the catch.”
“Fishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed”
“Fishing is taking a huge toll on the planet's ecosystem.”
“Fishing is taking a huge toll on the planet's ecosystem. We are emptying the oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers as we fish them dry.”
“Fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air. It brings meekness and inspiration, reduces our egoism, soothes our troubles and shames our wickedness. It is discipline in the equality of men--for all men are equal before fish.”
“Fishing largely consists of not catching fish; failure is as much a part of the sport as knee injuries are of football.”
Source: The Spectacle of Skill: New and Selected Writings of Robert Hughes
“Fishing Lessons are now ON SALE. I’ll meet you on the dock, just as soon as you finish building it. Nails are now half-priced. Oh, and Flying Lessons are now 50% OFF, but if you can teach my ducks how to AirSwim, I'll pay you 51%.”
Source: BearPaw Duck And Meme Farm presents: Two Ducks Brawling Is A Pre-Pillow Fight
“Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.”
“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.”
“Fishing provides time to think, and reason not to. If you have the virtue of patience, an hour or two of casting alone is plenty of time to review all you’ve learned about the grand themes of life.”
Source: The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World
“Fishing rods prey on fish, and politicians prey on unthinking crowds!”
“Fishing seems to be divided, like sex, into three unequal parts: anticipation and recollection and, in between, actual performance.”
“Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.”
“Fishing should be a ceremony that reaffirms our place in the natural world and helps us resist further estrangement from our origins.”
“fishing teaches a stern morality; inculcates a remorseless honesty.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)
“Fishing the small streams of New Hampshire is a pastime that combines hiking, map reading, and bushwhacking - plenty of it.”
“Fishing tip #11: To make your fish look fresher, stick those plastic googly eyes on them—even if your fish are still alive and swimming. Fish are natural clowns, they will find your sense of humor endearing, and they will appreciate you more when you eat them.”
Source: 94,000 Wasps in a Trench Coat
“Fishing tournaments seem a little like playing tennis with living balls.”
Source: Just Before Dark
“Fishing unlocks the primeval hunting gene.”
Source: Fly Fishing: Fennel's Journal No. 5
“Fishing's relaxing, man. Most relaxing thing in my life. It's therapy for me. I don't think about business... sports. All I think about is catching the next fish.”
“Fishing, by its very nature, nourishes the imagination, feeding it with a potent fuel of hope and desire.”
“Fishing, Danny boy, is purely a state of mind. Some men, when they are fishing, are after fish. Me, I'm after things you could never set a barbed hook in.”
Source: Ordinary Grace: A Novel