Fish Quotes

1421 Fish quotes by 998 unique authors

When we look at modern man, we have to face the fact...that modern man suffers from a kind of poverty of the spirit, which stands… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Four people wheel out a huge wedding cake from a side room. Most of the guests back up, making way for this rarity, this dazzling… — Suzanne Collins
Fish," he said softly, aloud, "I'll stay with you until I am dead. — Ernest Hemingway
Fish," he said, "I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends. — Ernest Hemingway
Clary stopped wondering about peanut-fish-olive-tomato soup and started wondering what would happen if she dumped the contents of the pot on Isabelle’s head. — Cassandra Clare
...then we went skinny dippin' and did things that frighten the fish... Character, Shelby Eatonton, from the movie, Steel Magnolias. — Robert Harling
I said breathe. Not do a fish-out of-water imitation. — Karen Marie Moning
I said, "I'll take the T-bone steak." A soft voice mooed, "Oh wow." And I looked up and realized The waitress was a cow. I… — Shel Silverstein
North is a powerful man, and you're still connected to him." Flo frowned. "Probably sexual memory, those Capricorns are insatiable. Well, you know. Sea Goat.… — Jennifer Crusie
Dear Angel Juan, You used to guard my sleep like a panther biting back my pain with the edge of your teeth. You carried me… — Francesca Lia Block
But I'm not to be caught with such poor bait! I'm a big fish, I am. — Maxim Gorky
In Egypt, I loved the perfume of the lotus. A flower would bloom in the pool at dawn, filling the entire garden with a blue… — Anita Diament
Clary wondered what exactly peanut-fish-olive-tomato soup tasted like. — Cassandra Clare
I am an orphan, alone: nevertheless I am found everywhere. I am one, but opposed to myself. I am youth and old man at one… — Carl Jung
But I'll never see any of those fish," said Maxie."Or those whales. Or any lions or tigers. I'm never going to set foot in a… — Charlie Higson
A certain man once lost a diamond cuff-link in the wide blue sea, and twenty years later, on the exact day, a Friday apparently, he… — Vladimir Nabokov
Which is both gross and breathtakingly romantic. He could always have just gone upstairs and brushed his teeth, but he stayed and lurked by the… — Maureen Johnson
This fear bears no analogy to any fear I knew before. This is the basest of all possible emotions, the feeling that was with us… — John Green
Love is like a tide. When it's in, everything looks beautiful and inviting. Only when love recedes can you see the debris beneath the surface… — Kathy Lette
A wish is a dish that's a lot like a fish: Once it's been eaten it's harder to throw back. - Mr. Rakshasas — P.B. Kerr
Don't trust anyone. Be a cold fish. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me. — Adeline Yen Mah
wisdom is like a bottomless pond. You throw stones in and they sink into darkness and dissolve. Her eyes looking back do not reflect anything.… — Amy Tan
One cannot toss ambassadors back like bad fish," said Eugenides. "You treat them with care, or you'll find you've committed an act of war. — Megan Whalen Turner
Formerly I believed books were made like this: a poet came, lightly opened his lips, and the inspired fool burst into song – if you… — Vladimir Mayakovsky
And the most interesting natural structure? A giant, two-thousand-mile-long fish in orbit around Jupiter, according to a reliable report in the Weekly World News. The… — Douglas Adams

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