. . 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.

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!

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

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

Take the Path to your own Wellness!

A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.

I thought it was real. But by morning, all I had left were fragmented pieces, shifting images with no beginning or end.

The horseman on the pale horse is Pestilence. He follows the wars.

I'm just not the outgoing bubble of energy. But if I know you, it's different. Practical jokes. Have fun. I'm not looking for any new friends. I got my friends.

Of course awards matter.

I'm tired of the ayatollahs of the right wing. We're fighting for freedom in Iraq. We're going to fight for freedom in America.

Nothing ever turns me on so much in a woman as unhappiness.

You know, people really know me from 'The Best Man.' I've done five other movies since then, but it always comes back to 'The Best Man.' It was time to do the sequel.

God may rationally be supposed to have framed so great and admirable an automaton as the world for special ends and purposes.