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John Gierach Quotes: It's an odd fact of life that whichever side of the stream you're on, two-thirds of the best water is out of reach on the other side.
         

It's an odd fact of life that whichever side of the stream you're on, two-thirds of the best water is out of reach on the other side.


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The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.

The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.



I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without actually landing you in an institution.

I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without actually landing you in an institution.



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Maybe your stature as a fly fisherman isn't determined by how big a trout you can catch, but by how small a trout you can catch without being disappointed.



Cell phones have changed us from a nation of self-reliant pioneer types into a bunch of men standing alone in supermarkets saying, ‘Okay, I’m in the tampon aisle, but I don’t see it.'

Cell phones have changed us from a nation of self-reliant pioneer types into a bunch of men standing alone in supermarkets saying, ‘Okay, I’m in the tampon aisle, but I don’t see it.'



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I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't.



If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.

If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.



The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them.

The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them.



I still enjoy the company of most dogs more than that of most people, because dogs are capable of uncomplicated enthusiasm.

I still enjoy the company of most dogs more than that of most people, because dogs are capable of uncomplicated enthusiasm.



Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.

Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.



Fishing in rainy conditions may make fisherman seem crazy to the great mass of unimaginative people, but then few fishermen care what they think

Fishing in rainy conditions may make fisherman seem crazy to the great mass of unimaginative people, but then few fishermen care what they think





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They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing.



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Appreciation is a great virtue, and if husbands and wives expressed it more frequently in our homes, wives would be happier, and husbands would probably be more kind" (Gospel Ideals, p. 475).




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If our economy of freedom fails to distribute wealth as ably as it has created it, the road to dictatorship will be open to any man who can persuasively promise security to all.




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This page presents the quote "It's an odd fact of life that whichever side of the stream you're on, two-thirds of the best water is out of reach on the other side.". Author of this quote is John Gierach. This quote is about life, rivers, thirds, two, water, sea, odd, lakes,.