Quotes by Lakes They used to have a fish on the menu that was smoked, grilled and peppered They did everything to this fish but pistol-whip it and dress it in Bermuda shorts. Bill Geist fishing sea lakes Poetry is like standing on the edge of a lake on a moonlit night and the light of the moon is always pointing straight at you. Billy Collins moon lakes night I love fishing. It's transcendental meditation with a punchline. Billy Connolly sea lakes rivers It is a pink and blue feeling, as sharp as clear sky; a slight breeze, and the edges of Lake Nakuru would rise like the ruffle at the edge of a skirt; and I am pockmarked with whole-body pinpricks of potentiality. A stretch of my body would surely stretch as far as the sky. The whole universe poised, and I am the agent of any movement. Binyavanga Wainaina lakes sky blue The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it. B.K.S. Iyengar self lakes mind As a breeze ruffles the surface of a lake and distorts the images reflected therein, so also the chitta vrtti (fluctuations of mind) disturb the peace of the mind. The still waters of a lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it. B.K.S. Iyengar self lakes water But ah, to fish with a worm, and then not catch your fish! To fail with a fly is no disgrace: your art may have been impeccable, your patience faultless to the end. But the philosophy of worm-fishing is that of results, of having something tangible in your basket when the day's work is done. Bliss Perry lakes philosophy art I was born on Wellington Avenue and my family that remains lives in the Lake Shore Drive area. Bob Balaban my-family born lakes Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make. Bonnie Raitt ugly-duckling swans lakes Every city has a town outside with a lake. I pull out my fishing pole and fish. I've been doing that for a long time. Brandi Carlile fishing cities lakes A star is born in the teeth of the Lake Michigan wind. Brent Musburger stars lakes wind Anytime that is ‘betwixt and between’ or transitional is the faeries’ favorite time. They inhabit transitional spaces: the bottom of the garden, existing in a space between manmade cultivation and wilderness. Look for them in the space between nurture and nature, they are to be found at all boarders and boundaries, or on the edges of water where it is neither land nor lake, neither path nor pond. They come when we are half-asleep. They come at moments when we least expect them; when our rational mind balances with the fluid irrational. Brian Froud garden land lakes I am firmly convinced that the ideal combination leading to a happy life is to have the time to both fish and read. Brian Murphy sea lakes happy-life Salvation in its true and full meaning is synonymous with exaltation or eternal life and consists in gaining an inheritance in the highest of the three heavens within the celestial kingdom. With few exceptions this is the salvation of which the scriptures speak. It is the salvation which the saints seek. (Mormon Doctrine, 2nd ed., Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1966, p. 670.) Bruce R. McConkie cities lakes heaven The world is not a solid continent of facts sprinkled by a few lakes of uncertainties, but a vast ocean of uncertainties speckled by a few islands of calibrated and stabilized forms Bruno Latour ocean lakes islands I did grow up in New Orleans. I grew up right on the lake, right across the levee. Bryan Batt growing-up new-orleans lakes And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes. C. S. Lewis lakes sweet thinking I left Montana in Spring of 1866, for Utah, arriving at Salt Lake city during the summer. Calamity Jane lakes summer spring Our Great Lakes, harbors, ports, and rivers provide not only vital resources for us to live, but an entire maritime way of life for so many people. The least we can do is protect it, and the way of life it provides for so many. Candice S. Miller lakes rivers people The central part of the state is more remote and less scenic, and there's a huge agricultural belt that stretches from the south of Lake Okeechobee to the border of Everglades National Park, where the restoration effort is being concentrated, .. Obviously the movement to save the Everglades runs up against agricultural concerns. Carl Hiaasen agriculture lakes running «1234567891011»