Interesting Quote/Article

I fish because I love to .  .  . because, in a world where most men seem to spend their lives doing things they hate, my fishing is at once an endless source of delight and an act of small rebellion; because trout do not lie or cheat and cannot be bought or bribed or impressed by power, but respond only to quietude and humility and endless patience .  .  . because only in the woods can one find solitude without loneliness; because bourbon out of an old tin cup tastes better out there; because maybe someday I will catch a mermaid; and, finally, not because I regard fishing as being so terribly important but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns of men are equally unimportant--and not nearly so much fun.
--Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman (1964)
 
Hadn't seen this quote before and thought it was pretty good.  It's the intro to an article that perhaps some will find interesting. 

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/563vcceo.asp?pg=1