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“How like fish we are: ready, nay eager, to seize upon whatever new thing some wind of circumstance shakes down upon the river of time! And how we rue our haste, finding the gilded morsel to contain a hook!”
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“Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.”
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“This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.”
Source : Speech at Blackpool 24 May 1945, in Daily Herald 25 May 1945
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“Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley.”
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“I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy.”
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“Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone downstream from Bob Dylan ever caught anything.”
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“A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.”
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“On the Firehole I caught thirty-six inches worth of trout - in six installments.”
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“I love catching, being involved in every pitch of the game; obviously, it beats you up both mentally and physically.”
Source : "Native Son: An Interview with Minnesota's Joe Mauer". Interview with Dan Wade, bleacherreport.com. December 11, 2009. 
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“And scandal has a way of catching up with those who disregard its power.”
Source : Rachel Field (1938). “ALL THIS, and HEAVEN TOO”
