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
  • Fish

• 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
  • Place
  • Golf
  • 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

• My manager called me and said, 'Hey, there's a series at Neflix.' I'm like, 'Netflix? Oh, boy.' At that time, it was just a strange thing to hear. It's like going, 'There's a series at Blockbuster.'

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Time
  • Boy
  • Strange

• Leave no stone unturned.

  

  Euripides
  • Leave
  • Stone
  • Unturned

• Mathematicians tend to prefer a worst-case analysis, a kind of paranoia that is especially understandable if you live in Israel!

  

  Noga Alon
  • Analysis
  • Mathematicians
  • Paranoia

• Maybe we'll understand more about how the universe came to be, and what forces drove it in the early days and which forces drive it now.

  

  Edward Boyden
  • Universe
  • Understand
  • Forces

• 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