". . . . spending more time with my fly firmly attached to the branches of trees and almost none of it attached to the lips of a trout."

-- Tom Sutcliffe

#Sea Quotes #Fishing Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.”
“We look so very different from the way we sound. Itâ€™s a shock, similar to hearing your own voice for the first time, when youâ€™re forced to wonder how the rest of you comes across if you sound nothing like the way you think you sound. You feel dislodged from the old shoe of yourself.”
“Most women dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous reincarnation, or hope to be one in the next.”
“Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about. You've always got to stick with whatever you're into because you're day is going to come. You're day is destined. If you walk away from that, whether it be from fear or whether you're just giving up. The greatest sin is fear and giving up.”

Source : "Interview with Nas | The legendary rapper on never giving up and chasing your dreams". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Research is an expression of faith in the possibility of progress. The drive that leads scholars to study a topic has to include the belief that new things can be discovered, that newer can be better, and that greater depth of understanding is achievable. Research, especially academic research, is a form of optimism about the human condition.”

Source : Henry Rosovsky (1990). “The University: An Owner's Manual”, p.89, W. W. Norton & Company
“I've never had a "hankering" to direct. I can perform, but I can't write on that level. I tend to go off on tangents. Directing also requires a kind of specificity and I don't have it.”
“How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?”
“One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes.”

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