Fishing is a delusion¹ entirely² surrounded by liars³ in old clothes.

Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)

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

Doug Larson

Many go fishing without knowing it is fish they are after.

Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.

Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

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

Steven Wright (1955 - )

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing⁴ on the shore like an idiot.

Steven Wright (1955 - )