Izaak Walton Quotes

I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.

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.

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?

I love to fish. I love the peacefulness of being around the water.

This almost never happens, but what is really relaxing is just being in this house all by myself, sitting quietly and watching TV. But I basically never get that chance.

It would be nice to be a bit autonomous again, to enjoy something a bit quiet.

I like to fish. Fishing is always a way of relaxing.

I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.

I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.

Oh, my God, this amazing cool breeze is coming through my window and the sun is shining. I'm happy.

I don't thrive on stress. I love lying on the deck on our houseboat reading a book.

But Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard there and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing.

I love silence. But I usually only listen to that when I'm sleeping.

When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me.

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

I go to the ocean to calm down, to reconnect with the creator, to just be happy.

I really love peace and quiet.

We've mellowed out, man.

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

I am a glutton for tranquility.

I feel extraordinarily peaceful when I'm watching the sun set.

The fishing is a great relief for me. When I'm out there's no cell phone ringing. I'm out there fishing with bears. I'm in the middle of God's country catching tons of fish. I just absolutely love it.

I'm really quite simple. I plant flowers and watch them grow... I stay at home and watch the river flow.

My favorite thing is just walking in the woods. I can do it for days on end without tiring of it.