Cool Quotes and Sayings

I have nothing to declare except my genius.
- Oscar Wilde

A genius is one who shoots at something no one else can see – and hits it.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
- Seneca

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Genius is perseverance in disguise.

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.
- Mark Twain

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genie.
P K Thomajan

Talent may be in time forgiven, but genius never.

Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.

Inspiration and genius are one and the same.

I can’t tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
- J M Whistler

Genius sees the answer before the question.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

There is no life without water.

We will never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Water which is too pure has no fish.

The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
- Joseph Conrad

Filthy water cannot be washed.
- Proverb

Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea.
- Isak Dinesen

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.
P H Johnson

The great sea makes one a great sceptic.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.

It is wise to bring some water, when one goes out to look for water.

Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.

We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don’t run deep, there’s usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives.

A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.
- William Wordsworth

Even a bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work.

There are two types of fisherman – those who fish for sport and those who fish for fish.

Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.

All fishermen are liars except you and me and to tell you the truth, I’m not so sure about you.

Fishing is the sport of drowning worms.

May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it.
- Irish Blessing

There’s a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot.
- S Wright

Fishing was good, it was the catching that was bad.

Fishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed.

Work is for those who do not fly fish.

Fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.

Fishing tournaments seem a little like playing tennis with living balls.

Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths.

The awkward fisherman does nothing but disturb the water.

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish – very gently.

Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.
- P Schullery

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
- Seneca

Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny.

Luck is the idol of the idle.

Everything in life is luck.
- D. Trump

Luck never made a man wise.

Luck never gives; it only lends.
- Swedish Proverb

I’m a great believer of luck, and I have found that the harder I work, the more I have of it.

Go and wake up your luck.

Luck is when opportunity knocks and you answer.

Just tell yourself, Duckie, you’re really quite lucky!

Maybe I’m lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction.
- Ashleigh

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don’t depend on it.

Luck is tenacity of purpose.

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.
- W Mizner

Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.

I’ve had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn’t.
- Patrick Murray

Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

Humor is a universal language.
- Joel Goodman

Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man’s superiority to all that befalls him.
- Roman Gary

Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.

Humor is just another defense against the universe.
- Mel Brooks

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs.
- Christopher Morley

The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour in heaven.
- Mark Twain

Every survival kit should include a sense of humor.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquillity.

Humor is reason gone mad.
- Groucho Marx

Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
W. Rogers

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Humor is a rubber sword – it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.
- M. Eastman