Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up.

A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.

I now believe that fishing is far more important than the fish.

The fish is not so much your quarry as your partner.

On the Firehole I caught thirty-six inches worth of trout - in six installments.

About the only certainty, other than uncertainty, in fly fishing is that a fly won't catch fish if it stays in its box.

...water that isn't fit for trout won't much longer be fit for us.

A final victory is a succession of small victories

Forget the past, think of future, remember God's goodness and His power and ability to take you to where you ought to be and establish you.

...she had regained what I thought she had lost forever, the magical sadness which had drawn me to her, the thwarted look that had seemed to say, "Surely I was made for some other purpose than this?

New York is the capital, the national headquarters of homelessness.... No one feels he belongs here.

I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words.

To think of your creations in terms of better or worse- big mistake. They are your children.

If you're going to accept freedom, there's the freedom to be stupid.

Acting makes me feel vulnerable. Especially depending on the type of emotion I'm portraying in a scene.

Recently, I went up to Casino Rama to see Martin Short's show, just to see how he put it all together. And after the show, I went backstage and picked his brain to find out why he did certain things.

Prayer is God's ordained way to bring His miracle power to bear in human need.