Dan Rather Quotes

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

So we do nothing? --Claire We do the best nothing you've ever seen. --Michael

I am through with baseball forever. I have my farm and my home and enough to take care of me, so why should I work and worry any longer?

It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.

There are people who love on weekends to go out when the sun comes out. I just want to lie in bed and watch sports and relax.

Toledo is better than exciting, it's happy. Because nothing is more conducive to unhappiness than taking yourself seriously, and taking yourself seriously is difficult when you're baseball team is the Mud Hens.

I worked so hard all my life, and all I want to do now is read.

I play golf, but sometimes it's so un-relaxing, I have to play tennis to wind down. Now that I think about it, this process is sort of like when I go out for sushi and have to get a slice of pizza afterward.

When I'm done playing football, I just might be the couch potato dad.

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

When you retire from baseball, you have until the day you die to rest.

I'm an old man. A big weekend for me is Home Depot and a Caesar salad.

I was happy working on my golf and doing a bit of fishing.

If you ever wondered why fishing is probably the most popular sport in this country, watch that boy beside on the water and you will learn. If you are really perceptive you will. For he already knows that fishing is only one part fish.

It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.

What I'm going to miss is the competition, being, that's OK, I can watch from the house.

Ed (Runge), you're the second best umpire in the league. The other twenty-three are tied for first.

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

On a beautiful day like this it would be best to stay in bed so you wouldn't get up and spoil it!

You see. . . it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was just where we were going when you came along. Would you care to join us?

This is my best time of the year (spring training). Heck, once the season starts, I go to work.

The Benson and Hedges Cup was won by McEnroe ... he was as charming as always, which means that he was as charming as a dead mouse in a loaf of bread.

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.

It's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth; sometimes it delays it.