#fish

The world says: "You have needs -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#greed #materialism #needs #selfishness #vice

They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up. ↗

— Daniel Wallace

#cheesy #inspirational #love #love-at-first-sight #love-story

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

#empathy #selfishness #social-intelligence #intelligence

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime. ↗

— Jimmy Cannon

#been #daytime #drink #excuse #fishing

There's always something fishy about the French. ↗

— Noel Coward

#always #fishy #french #something

Monofilament is what you use to go fishing. The line on your fishing rod is probably going to be black. You get to the end of the line and you tie on this clear plastic, thin thread called monofilament. ↗

— John Badham

#called #clear #end #fishing #get

My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it. ↗

— Al Capp

#being #day #destroyed #fish #next

Retire to what? I already play golf and fish for a living. ↗

— Julius Boros

#fish #golf #i #living #play

I am a very selfish person. ↗

— Lara Flynn Boyle

#i #i am #person #selfish #very

I followed him at the time and thought he was hysterical. He was the first serial killer, a new kettle of fish, because we didn't have the detection techniques in those days. ↗

— Matthew Bright

#days #detection #first #fish #followed