Good fishermen know that in talking about fishing, nothing is more interesting than the truth.

Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.

When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.

You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer of children's books.

Fishing is not like billiards, in which it is possible to attain a disgusting perfection.

Swallows and Amazons for-ever!

. . perhaps the greatest satisfaction on the first day of the season is the knowledge in the evening that the whole of the rest of the season is to come.

...next to the pleasure of reading a favourite fishing book comes that of persuading a friend to read it too.

A community is nothing else than a harmonious collection of individuals.

Those who die with their music still on their tongues unsung are trying to say “God had made a deal with the wrong customer like me

Here lies the body of Colonel Cornell’s. The rest of the fellow, I fancy, in hell is.

That which we remember of our conduct is ignored by our closest neighbour but that which we have forgotten having said or even what we never said will cause laughter even into the next world.

We've reached the point where the demand for rules is about to replace the demand for chaos.

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

When you're amongst people doing well it's so gratifying and spurs you to just keep investing in your job.

The whole contains nothing that is not for its advantage. By remembering that I am part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happens.

Remember, vote for life. It may be your own.

Why can’t you ever answer a simple question? (Wulf) Ask me a simple question and you will get a simple answer. (Acheron)