Stephen Leacock Quotes

I don't get to fish that much, believe me.

Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation.

I've fished everywhere I've traveled.

I've been a fan of bass fishing for as long as I can remember.

I don't fish but had always wanted to after doing it as a kid.

The kind of fishing that I do is pretty much bass, trout or freshwater fishing.

[On fishing:] Greatest rest in the world for the brain.

Fishing... is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait.

He liked to fish; he seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.

I would like to go fishing and catch a fish stick. That would be convenient. I could easily get a job at Mrs. Paul's.

Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit once in so many trials, argues the most splendid talents for missing.

I deep sea fish a lot.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.

There are a couple of carp fishing books I've been reading. I'm very interested in that line of books, because I think they write very well, carp anglers, about the general environment.

If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks.

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

My friend Ed Begley goes fishing. It's a little smelly to me, I don't like it so much. I like to eat fish, but I don't like to catch them.

I'm a passionate, hardcore fisherman. Biggest fish I caught? A 200-pound tarpon.

If I don't fish in the morning, I fish in the evening.

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.

I can fish from a stick and a string.

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

An ice-fishing shanty is basically a tin outhouse on a frozen lake, except that in an outhouse, the hole has a purpose. In ice fishing, the hole is what you stare at for hours, hoping that at some point you'll break the monotony by falling in.

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. And if you do have to say it, make it really funny so I can screenshot it and save it for later.