Keyword: Fishing

They should call fishing what it really is… tricking and killing!

(1973 – ) American comedian
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You might be a redneck if… you've ever been too drunk to fish.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality
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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: A delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

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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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Anglers think they are divining some primeval natural force by outwitting a fish, a creature that never even got out of the evolutionary starting gate.

(1954 – ) American comedian, writer & musician
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On fishing shows they always throw the fish back; they don’t want to eat them, they just want to make them late for something.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
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There’s a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking like an idiot.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
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It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming.

(1902 – 1968) novelist
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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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Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.

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

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist
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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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Sinker: Lead weight attached to the end of a length of fishing line to facilitate the speedy disposal of unwanted lures.

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

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author
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Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

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There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it.

(1863 – 1935) British-born American writer, artist & illustrator
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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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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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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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