Fish Quotes

1421 Fish quotes by 998 unique authors

A friend of ours, who is an admirer of Isaac Walton, was struck, just as we were, with the likeness of the old angler's face… — Leigh Hunt
We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because it has no… — Leigh Hunt
Like a pet fish unaware of the fishbowl it lives in, each of us inherently discriminates against young people without knowing it. — Adam Fletcher
PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. All that is mortal of a… — Ambrose Bierce
Travelling to different countries is a goal. I wouldn't mind playing huge places if we got an opportunity to, but it's nice to play small… — Mike Gordon
A species may eat a particular bacterium, phytoplankton, smaller fish, or plant in an area. Lacking a predator, these species/populations will overgrow and alter the… — Thom Hartmann
We are never far from the lilt and swirl of living water. Whether to fish or swim or paddle, of only to stand and gaze,… — John Daniel
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… — Carl Safina
That is no country for old men. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees - Those dying generations-at their song, The salmon-falls,… — William Butler Yeats
If someone were to ask me whether I believed in God, or saw God, or had a particular relationship with God, I would reply that… — Robert Fulghum
Nothing in all nature is so lovely and so vigorous, so perfectly at home in its environment, as a fish in the sea. Its surroundings… — Evelyn Underhill
I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. I laugh when I hear that people go on pilgrimage to find… — Kabir
Kunlun Mountain Over the earth the greenblue monster Kunlun who has seen all spring color and passion of men. Three million dragons of white jade… — Mao Zedong
A gluten-free diet still allows you access to almost every fruit and vegetable, a variety of grains and legumes, your pick of dairy products, fresh… — Daphne Oz
If one yearns to see the face of the Divine, one must break out of the aquarium, escape the fish farm, to go swim up… — Tom Robbins
I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist… — Anthony Doerr
We live in an ocean of words, but like a fish in water we are often not aware of it. — Stuart Chase
You can't catch the big fish by skimming the surface. — Andy Gilbert
As in the piling up of hypothetical alternatives, creative accidents follow the law of probabilities the more we fish, the more likely we are to… — Alex Faickney Osborn
I fish because I love to . . . because I love the environs where trout are found . . . because I suspect that… — John D. Voelker

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