Fish Quotes
1421 Fish quotes by 998 unique authors
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If we were to one day encounter a form of life more powerful and intelligent than our own, and it regarded us as we regard…
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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I couldn't believe it. It was unbelievable, that's why. My face was like a frozen fish finger. All rigid and pale. (But obviously not with…
— Louise Rennison
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We speak now or I do, and others do. You've never spoken before. You will. You'll be able to say how the city is a…
— China Mieville
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There's nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That's their instinct. But this fish doesn't run from anything.…
— Peter Benchley
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Look, Chief, you can't go off half-cocked looking for vengeance against a fish. That shark isn't evil. It's not a murderer. It's just obeying its…
— Peter Benchley
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I'm a fish swimming by...catch me if you want me.
— Janet Fitch
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A true friend never asks you to feed their imaginary fish. Or fertilize their imaginary crops.
— Teresa Medeiros
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That's the beauty of it. Have you seen the contraptions these magicians build to accomplish the most mundane feats? They are a bunch of fish…
— Erin Morgenstern
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The beer and the wurst were wonderful, but I was dying to be back in the South, where the livin' was easy, where the fish…
— Johnny Cash
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The Minotaur unstrapped his axe and swung it around. It was beautiful in a harsh I’m~going~togut~you~like~a~fish kind of way. Each of its twin blades was…
— Rick Riordan
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The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of…
— Milan Kundera
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If you are happy in a dream, Ammu, does that count? Estha asked. "Does what count?" "The happiness does it count?". She knew exactly what…
— Arundhati Roy
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Once upon a time you were a fish. How do you know? Because I was also a fish. You, too? Sure. A long time ago.…
— Nicole Krauss
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Remember that any meal can be your last. You chose to travel with us, so tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.
— Robert Jordan
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Branson ate his salad, and left the rest of his fish untouched, while Grace tucked into his steak and kidney pudding with relish. 'I read…
— Peter James
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I like fish," chirruped Tunstell. "Really, Mr. Tunstell? What is your preferred breed?" "Well"--Tunstell hesitated--"you know, the um, ones that"--he made a swooping motion with…
— Gail Carriger
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We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we…
— Shane Claiborne
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I brought the birdcages to the windows. I opened the windows, and opened the birdcages. I poured the fish down the drain. I took the…
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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Inside that darkness, i saw rain falling on the sea. Rain softly falling on a vast sea, with no one there to see it. The…
— Haruki Murakami
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We catched fish, and talked, and we took a swim now and then to keep off sleepiness. It was kind of solemn, drifting down the…
— Mark Twain
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The fish in the creek said nothing. Fish never do. Few people know what fish think about injustice, or anything else.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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I changed your life.” She looked down at the peach they shared. “You changed min. I’m glad of it.” And back into his eyes. “Every…
— Nora Roberts
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Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod, one night sailed off in a wooden shoe; Sailed off on a river of crystal light into a sea of dew.…
— Eugene Field
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He would have felt safe if alongside the Dentrassis' underwear, the piles of Sqornshellous mattresses and the man from Betelgeuse holding up a small yellow…
— Douglas Adams
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Oh, well. Everyone else has suave, cosmopolitan sheep: why not us? The Millers at Hepple have a ewe that’s been to Kelso three times, and…
— Dorothy Dunnett
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