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“Chains tie us down by land and sea; And wishes, vain as mine, may be All that is left to comfort thee.”

May Left Wish Sea Land Mines Comfort Chains Thee Vain Ties Land And Sea

Author:William Wordsworth

“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!”

Source: Fly Fishing the Tailwaters

“I don't really know how to tie a fly until I've tied a hundred dozen of them.”

Knows Know How Sea Hundred Rivers Fishes Boat Ties Lakes Fishing Dozen Tied

Author:John Gierach

“Reading the features you would get the impression that this year's crop of rods will allow you to cast from here to eternity, with a rod so light you need to tie it to your wrist to stop it blowing away.”

Needs Years Light Reading Sea Rivers Eternity Casts Fishes Impression Boat Features Ties Lakes Fishing Crops Wrists

Author:Tony Bishop

“Prosperity too often has the same effect on a Christian that a calm at sea has on a Dutch mariner; who frequently, it is said, in those circumstances, ties up the rudder, gets drunk, and goes to sleep.”

Said Christian Sleep Sea Effects Circumstances Calm Prosperity Drunk Ties Dutch Mariners Rudders

Author:William Cornelius Van Horne

“My ties and ballasts leave me - I travel - I sail - My elbows rest in the sea-gaps. I skirt the sierras. My palms cover continents - I am afoot with my vision.”

Vision Sea Ties Gaps Continents Sail Palms Leaving Me Skirts Elbows Sierra Ballast

Book:Leaves of Grass, 1860: The 150th Anniversary Facsimile Edition

Source: Leaves of Grass, 1860: The 150th Anniversary Facsimile Edition

“To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.”

Life Inspirational Goal Sea Ties Sail Sailing Anchors Port Nautical Sailing And The Sea Boats And Sailing Ships At Sea Sailing And Love Setting Sail

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7

“It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.”

Said Ends Law Sea Civilization Ocean Chains Ties They Said Food Chain Sailing And The Sea Sea Water

Book:Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist

Source: Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist

“I am not a yachting person, by nature, but I have just enough experience on the sea under sail to feel a certain nostalgia for it when I see a big white racing yacht heeled over at cruising speed on the ocean, and I can still tie a mean bowline knot on just about anything in less than 10 seconds.”

Feels Mean Persons Stills I Can Enough Bigs Certain White Sea Ocean Speed Nostalgia Ties Seconds Racing Sail Knots Yacht

Book:Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness

Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness