A Quote by Don Marquis

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

Don Marquis

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Clothes Delusion Entirely Fishing Liars Old Old Clothes Surrounded

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Don Marquis
American - Novelist
July 29, 1878 - December 29, 1937

Using technology merely to lower operational costs amounts to standing on a whale fishing for minnows. It just allows you to do the old thing more efficiently, where in this moment of deep transformation, it is much more likely that you should be doing something entirely new in an entirely different way.

Paul Saffo

There are three kinds of liars: liars, damned liars, and statisticians

Mark Twain

Leaders must not be naive. I used to say, "Liars shouldn't lie." What a sad waste of words that is! I found out liars are supposed to lie. That's why we call them liars - they lie! What else would you expect them to do?

Jim Rohn

It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.

Calvin Coolidge

Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.

Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar

Who ever saw his old clothes, - his old coat, actually worn out, resolved into its primitive elements, so that it was not a deed of charity to bestow it on some poor boy, by him perchance to be bestowed on some poorer still, or shall we say richer, who could do with less? I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

Henry David Thoreau

What is a magazine? A small body of Literature entirely surrounded by advertisements.

Carolyn Wells

There is no need for an end to fish, or to fishing for that matter. But there is an urgent need for governments to free themselves from the fishing-industrial complex and its Ponzi scheme, to stop subsidizing the fishing-industrial complex and awarding it fishing rights, when it should in fact pay for the privilege to fish.

Daniel Pauly

As far as Ted Cruz, he's one of the greatest liars and biggest liars I've ever known.

Donald Trump

Celebrities are invariably celebrity-mad, just as liars always believe liars.

Gore Vidal

What is "poker"? A card game where abler liars take money off less able liars.

David Mitchell

Fishing's such a beautiful activity which makes perfect sense to me. It's like a therapy, because you are surrounded by nature, and that helps you get a proper rhythm for life.

Robson Green

I go to Alaska and fish salmon. I do some halibut fishing, lake fishing, trout fishing, fly fishing. I look quite good in waders. I love my waders. I don't think there is anything sexier than just standing in waders with a fly rod. I just love it.

Linda Hamilton

To travel is very useful, it makes the imagination work, the rest is just delusion and pain. Our journey is entirely imaginary, which is its strength.