Elliot W. Eisner Quotes

The kinds of nets we know how to weave determine the kinds of nets we cast. These nets, in turn, determine the kinds of fish we catch.

Elliot W. Eisner

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• I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20 years. No reason to kill it. You know, just take it and release it.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Know
  • Fishing
  • Fish

• Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet - the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers, cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up!

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Up
  • Guy
  • Food

• If you ask the fish whether they'd rather have an oil spill or a season of fishing, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd vote for another blowout.

  

  Carl Safina
  • Vote
  • Fishing
  • Fish

• I've always wanted to be able to hold my breath for like, ever, and swim in the water like a fish.

  

  Carlos Pena, Jr.
  • Water
  • Always
  • Fish

• Pretty much I love all types of fish; I pretty much stick with that. I love vegetables. I don't eat too much carbs, but I love salads, though. I'll usually have a salad, except for breakfast.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
  • Pretty
  • Eat
  • Much

• Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.

  

  Ovid
  • You
  • Will
  • Pool

• Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.

  

  W. C. Fields
  • Live
  • Remember
  • Fish

• The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.

  

  Sam Snead
  • Golf
  • Place
  • Fish

• I only eat fish - no chicken, no turkey, just fish. I get all my protein from fish and egg whites.

  

  Jack LaLanne
  • Fish
  • Chicken
  • Egg

• I'm a very, very healthy eater. I eat lots of fish, lots of vegetables, lots of fruit. I don't eat junk food.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Food
  • Fruit
  • Fish

• As a teenage fisherman, I watched and followed terns to find fish. Later, I studied terns for my Ph.D.

  

  Carl Safina
  • Find
  • Fish
  • Later

• Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and fish and guinea pigs.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Up
  • Animal
  • Fish

• I don't love eating meat. I really only like chicken and fish.

  

  Iman
  • Love
  • Eating
  • Fish

• We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • Determine
  • Theology

• We do not determine right or wrong based on what everybody else is doing.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • Right
  • Wrong
  • Determine

• . . . your history is no less important to your survival than your ability to breathe. In the end, you can only determine whether to saturate your memories with pain or with perspective. Forgetting is not an option. I tell you the truth now: Pain was not God's plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not a part of the plan.

  

  Ted Dekker
  • Life
  • God
  • Important

• The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.

  

  A. R. Bernard
  • Life
  • Thinking
  • Quality

• Love is a net that catches hearts like a fish.

  

  Muhammad Ali
  • Love Is
  • Hearts
  • Fish

• Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.

  

  Bono U2
  • World
  • Determine
  • Live In

• it was the United States which first established general suffrage for men upon the two principles that 'taxation without representation is tyranny' and that governments to be just should 'derive their consent from the governed.' The unanswerable logic of these two principles is responsible for the extension of suffrage to men and women the world over. In the United States, however, women are still taxed without 'representation' and still live under a government to which they have given no 'consent.

  

  Carrie Chapman Catt
  • World
  • Justice
  • Logic

• If fashion is for everyone, is it fashion? The answer goes far beyond the collections and relates to the speed of fast fashion. There is no longer a time gap between when a small segment of fashion-conscious people pick up a trend and when it is all over the sidewalks.

  

  Suzy Menkes
  • Fashion
  • Conscious
  • Speed

• When you're in a start-up, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not. Each is 10 percent of the company. So why wouldn't you take as much time as necessary to find all the A players? If three were not so great, why would you want a company where 30 percent of your people are not so great? A small company depends on great people much more than a big company does.

  

  Steve Jobs
  • People
  • Company
  • Startup

• A lot of times, our guides are at the same level that we are at spiritually. We are their jobs, and they are growing through our life experiences. People have this illusion that their guides are all-knowing and all-wise, and why would we need God if we have our guides?

  

  Echo Bodine
  • God
  • Illusion
  • Guides

• The kinds of nets we know how to weave determine the kinds of nets we cast. These nets, in turn, determine the kinds of fish we catch.

  

  Elliot W. Eisner
  • Determine
  • Fish
  • Catch