Keyword: Fishing (Page 2)

Whenever two fishing lines are contiguous, they will become continuous.

Fishing relaxes me. It’s like yoga, except I still get to kill something.

(1970 – ) American actor, writer & carpenter

Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali; he was using a dotted line… he caught every other fish.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Limit: Maximum number of a particular fish that an angler can take in a day. This number varies from place to place and species to species, but it is a largely theoretical restriction with little practical application.

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in presidents; those are prayer and fishing.

(1929 – 1933) 31st U.S. president, humanitarian

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

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

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.


Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers.

(1945 – ) American humorist (co-founder of National Lampoon)

Exaggeration: Formal term for a collection of fishermen (i.e. an exaggeration of anglers).

Sinker: Lead weight attached to the end of a length of fishing line to facilitate the speedy disposal of unwanted lures.

Fishing: A jerk at one end of the line waiting for a jerk at the other end.

I would like to go fishing and catch a fishstick… that would be convenient.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Fishing: A venerable contest in which modern man pits his intelligence and technology against the native wit of primitive aquatic vertebrates, and generally finishes second.