“We twain have met like the ships upon the sea, Who behold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet: One little hour! and then, away they speed On lonely paths, through mist, and cloud, and foam, To meet no more.” LittlesHoursPathSeaSweetMetsLonelyCloudsSpeedShipsMistConversesFoamLonely Path Author:Alexander Smith
“He that had never seen a river imagined the first he met to be the sea; and the greatest things that have fallen within our knowledge we conclude the extremes that nature makes of the kind.” FirstsKindSeaMetsRiversExtremesFallen Book:Selected essays Source: Selected essays
“Today she met me at the door, said I would have to choose, if I picked up that fishing rod today, she'd be packing all her things and she'd be gone by noon....well I'm gonna miss her when I get home tonight.” IfsWellsSaidHomeTodayGoneDoorsSeaMissingMetsRiversFishesBoatLakesTonightFishingNoonPacking Author:Brad Paisley
“When the word began to get out, the idea of tying imitations of aquatic worms was not met with universal approval in the fly-fishing community. It seems that worms had somehow gotten a bad name. I think a fishing pal of mine hit it on the head when he said, It just pisses them off that you can catch trout, I mean really big trout, on a fly that a five-year old can tie in twenty seconds!” ThinkingYearsMeanSaidIdeasBigsSeemsNamesCommunityFiveSeaMinesMetsRiversUniversalTwentiesFishesBoatTiesFive YearsLakesFishingSecondsApprovalImitationWormsTroutFive Year OldsFly FishingPals Book:Fly Fishing the Tailwaters Source: Fly Fishing the Tailwaters
“He was met even now As mad as the vex'd sea; singing aloud; Crown'd with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds, With bur-docks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow In our sustaining corn.” GrowsSeaFlowerMetsSingingMadWeedCrownsIdleCornSustainingCuckoosDocksVexNettlesHemlock Book:The works of William Shakespeare Source: The works of William Shakespeare
“When I met my first savant in 1962, I was impressed by the abilities in these youngsters who had severe disabilities. They appeared to me to be islands of genius in the sea of disability. So I've maintained that word picture since that time, of these islands of genius that are so striking and so jarring when you see them, especially in people who have severe disability.” PeopleFirstsAbilitySeaGeniusMetsIslandsDisabilityImpressedSevereYoungstersSavants Author:Darold Treffert