“Soon after I embraced the sport of angling I became convinced that I should never be able to enjoy it if I had to rely on the cooperation of the fish.”  – Sparse Grey Hackle

“Be patient and calm – for no one can catch fish in anger.” – Herbert Hoover

“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.”  – Doug Larson

“If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.” – Tom Brokaw

“There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.” –Herbert Hoover

“I frankly don’t make much of a living, but I make a hell of a life.” – Jack Gartside

“The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so that I could afford to hunt and fish.”  – Sam Snead

“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”  – Henry David Thoreau

“The fish and I were both stunned and disbelieving to find ourselves connected by a line.”  – William Humphrey

“Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers.  Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher’s salary.” – Patrick McManus

“I only make movies to finance my fishing.” – Lee Marvin

“Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.”  – Steven Wright

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

“The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.” –John Buchan