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"A bad day's fishing is better than a good day at work."
"A float should be pleasing it its appearance and even more pleasing in its disappearance." "A reel expert can tackle anything." "Born to Fish... Forced to Work!" "Early to bed... early to rise... fish all day... make up lies." "Gone Fishin'... be back dark-thirty!" "I only fish on days that end in a 'Y'..." |
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Anon |
| When asked why he never drank water, W.C. Fields replied "Fish f*** in it!" |
| "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." |
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Graffitti at Birmingham University |
| "A man may fish with the worm that have eat of a King, and eat of the fish that have fed on that worm" |
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HAMLET, William Shakespear |
| There was the character 'Dr Stabismus' who wanted to cross a salmon with mosquitos, "so that every fisherman would have a bite." |
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BEACHCOMBER, H.V. Morton |
| "Fishing - a jerk on one end of the line, waiting for a jerk on the other." |
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Various - most recently to Michael Palin |
| "Fishing - a stick and a string, with a worm on one end and a fool on the other." |
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Samuel Johnson |
| "Give a man a fish and you feed him for the day, teach a man to fish and he will feed himself for the rest of his life." |
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Chinese Proverb |
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"Give a man a fish and he will ask for a lemon, teach a man to fish and he will leave work early on a Friday." |
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"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day." |
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you get rid of him for the weekend." |
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Modern Variations |
| "An old fisherman lives here...with the catch of his life." |
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Sign on a House |
| "Lord help me to catch a fish so large that even I in the tell of it never need to lie..." |
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Fisherman's Prayer |
