Patrick F. McManus quotes
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“There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.”
-- Patrick F. McManusSource : Patrick F. McManus (1984). “Never Sniff A Gift Fish”, p.157, Macmillan
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“Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher's salary.”
-- Patrick F. McManusSource : Patrick F. McManus (1984). “Never Sniff A Gift Fish”, p.20, Macmillan
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“What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch.”
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“Smoked carp tastes just as good as smoked salmon when you ain't got no smoked salmon.”
-- Patrick F. McManusSource : Patrick F. McManus (1984). “Never Sniff A Gift Fish”, p.25, Macmillan
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“Show me a man who fishes in winter, and I'll show you a fanatic. Actually, I'll get the better of the deal, because for sheer spectacle a fanatic doesn't hold a candle to a man who fishes in winter”
-- Patrick F. McManusSource : Patrick F. McManus (1982). “They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?”, p.26, Macmillan
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“The rule of thumb for the old backpacking was that the weight of your pack should equal the weight of yourself and the kitchen range combined. Just a casual glance at the full pack sitting on the floor could give you a double hernia and fuse four vertebrae. After carrying the pack all day, you had to remember to tie one leg to a tree before you dropped it. Otherwise you would float off into space. The pack eliminated the need for any special kind of ground-gripping shoes, because your feet would sink a foot and a half into hard-packed earth, two inches into solid rock.”
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“The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't.”
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“He wondered what kind of blueprint beavers had for creating such a structure-or did they simply start aimlessly weaving stuff together until they had a dam? Did they even think about creating a dam? Maybe dams were simply accidents that resulted from their fooling around, much like the Army Corps of Engineers' accomplishments.”
-- Patrick F. McManusSource : Patrick F. McManus (2011). “The Huckleberry Murders: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery”, p.124, Simon and Schuster
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“I just read a book on how to get control of my time and therefore of my life. My time has always had a tendency to slip away from me and do as it pleases. My life follows it, like a puppy after an untrained bird dog. Come night, my life shows up, usually covered with mud and full of stickers, exhausted but grinning happily. My time never returns.”
-- Patrick F. McManus
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“A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.”
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“...water that isn't fit for trout won't much longer be fit for us.”
Source : Arnold Gingrich (1973). “The Joys of Trout”
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“I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.”
Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012.
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“What I love about doing my concerts is always feeding off the fans and their energy.”
Source : Source: www.independentphilly.com
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“Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.”
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“Wait a minute, I'm a fan of yours; you can't be a fan of mine!”
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“I was a big fan of Kurt Russell growing up and I always wanted to be the modern day Kurt Russell.”
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Source : Norman Maclean (2009). “A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition”, p.18, University of Chicago Press
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“There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.”
Source : Patrick F. McManus (1984). “Never Sniff A Gift Fish”, p.157, Macmillan
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