” Come follow me, I will make you fishers of men”

Jesus said to the Apostle Saint Andrew

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”.

Chinese Proverb

“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak”.

Jay Leno (1950 – )

“Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you’re a consultant”.

Scott Adams (1957 – ), Dogbert; Dilbert cartoons

“Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he’ll eat for weeks”!

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005

“Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish”.

Steven Wright (1955 – )

“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish”.

Ovid (43 BC – 17 AD)