Fishing for Creativity: Inspirational Quotes, Tackle & Gear

The Lighter Side of Fishing

Beware of fishing for compliments -- you might come up with a boot. --Carol Weston

Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an alley. --Ann Landers

Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity. --Karl Marx

Caution is a most valuable asset in fishing, especially if you are the fish. --Unknown

Dr. Strabismus (Whom God Preserve) of Utrecht is carrying out research work with a view to crossing salmon with mosquitoes. He says it will mean a bite every time for fishermen. --J. B. Morton

Fish are not the best authority on water. --Jane Yolen

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It's their way of falling. --Andre Gide

Fish should smell like the tide. Once they smell like fish, it's too late. --Oscar Gizelt

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

Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him of the entire weekend. --Zenna Schaffer

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak. --Jay Leno

Give a man a fish, and he can eat for a day. But teach a man how to fish, and he'll be dead of mercury poisoning inside of three years. --Charlie Haas

I fished a lot, dove a lot, boated a lot and made Johnny Walker Red about a quarter of a million dollars richer. --Dennis Diaz

I wouldn't say it's cold, but every year Winnipeg's athlete of the year is an ice fisherman. --Dale Tallon

It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a special place in heaven for the father who takes his daughter shopping. --John Sinor

It's all right to drink like a fish -- if you drink what a fish drinks. --Mary Pettibone Poole

My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it. --Al Capp

OVERWORK, n. A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing. --Ambrose Bierce

Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on the cat. --Osbert Sitwell

Retire to what? I'm a golfer and a fisherman. I've got no place to retire to. --Julius Boros

Telling a teen-ager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath. --Arnold Glasow