To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the shimmer of sun on blue water. It brings meekness and inspiration from the decency of nature, charity toward tackle-makers, patience toward fish, a mockery of profits and egos, a quieting of hate, a rejoicing that you do not have to decide a darned thing until next week. And it is discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.
Herbert HooverNew discoveries in science and their flow of new inventions will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.
Herbert HooverEngineering training deals with the exact sciences. That sort of exactness makes for truth and conscience. It might be good for the world if more men had that sort of mental start in life even if they did not pursue the profession.
Herbert HooverThe fundamental business of the country, that is production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis.
Herbert Hoover