Fishes Quotes - Page 3

• The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad.

  A. Best

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

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• If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride.

  Douglas Horton

  Horse, Wish, Throwing

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• Are you nervous about no longer being a big fish in a small pond?

  Lisi Harrison

  Big Fish, Ponds, Nervous

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• It is our art that has an opportunity to leave a footprint in the sand. They don't wrap fish in our work.

  Hugh Newell Jacobsen

  Art, Opportunity, Fish Tanks

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• Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Nature, Kissing, Nymphs

  D. H. Lawrence (1966). “Selected Poems of D.h. Lawrence”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.

  John Lennon

  Children, Ocean, Sleep

  "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fatherhood". Book by Kevin Osborn, p. 134, October 1, 1999.

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• My friend Ed Begley goes fishing. It's a little smelly to me, I don't like it so much. I like to eat fish, but I don't like to catch them.

  Jeff Goldblum

  Fishing, Littles, My Friends

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• If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.

  Zane Grey

  Long Ago, Fishing, Trout

  Zane Grey (2000). “Tales of Southern Rivers”, p.130, Derrydale Press

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• Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself.

  George Gaylord Simpson

  Fire, Tree, Understanding

  George Gaylord Simpson (1967). “The Meaning of Evolution: A Study of the History of Life and of Its Significance for Man”, p.345, Yale University Press

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• Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Smell, Cute Funny

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• Yeah, some kids called me fish lips because I had these really full lips. Now I'm sure all those same girls are getting collagen injections, so I'm having the last laugh.

  Denise Richards

  Girl, Kids, Laughing

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• I always feel that there are no final victories and no final defeats. But it's true that America is in a hole right now. There are a lot of dead fish in the water.

  John Sayles

  America, Water, Victory

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• That's what 90 percent of the people talk about when they're first exposed to the fish.

  Mario Lopez

  People, Firsts, Exposed

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• Fish sticks and beef stew that millions of children love to hate.

  Marian Burros

  Children, Hate, Fishing

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• Well, I love fishing. I wouldn't kill a fly myself but I've no hesitation in killing a fish. A lot of men are like that. No bother. Out you come. Thump. And that's not the only reason.

  Norman MacCaig

  Men, Fishing, Literature

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• I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on the shore. The fishes dried up and decayed.

  John Bachman

  Numbers, Thorns, Hours

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• Whether I caught fish or not, just the thrill of rolling out that line and watching my fly turn over has been good enough for me. That and the hundreds of treasured memories I have of this wonderful sport.

  Curt Gowdy

  Sports, Memories, Sea

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• Today she met me at the door, said I would have to choose, if I picked up that fishing rod today, she'd be packing all her things and she'd be gone by noon....well I'm gonna miss her when I get home tonight.

  Brad Paisley

  Home, Sea, Fishing

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• I've slowly gone back, later on in life, to fish and then chicken and then, last year, red meat.

  Sarah Chalke

  Years, Fish Tanks, Meat

  "Interview: The Cast And Crew Of Scrubs". Interview With Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. May 9, 2006.

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• I deep sea fish a lot.

  John Entwistle

  Sea, Fish Tanks, Deep Sea

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• But I love fish, cheese and meat, and I eat everything, but only in small quantities if it's rich.

  Eva Herzigova

  Fish Tanks, Meat, Cheese

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• I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.

  Lasse Hallstrom

  Fish Tanks, Meat, Diets

  "Soft-centred". Interview with David Eimer, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2001.

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• New York is where you go to catch a big fish.

  Jessica Cutler

  New York, Big Fish, Bigs

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• Their diet is basically boiled vegetables, fish and rice. No fat, no sugar. You notice when you live there that there are no fat people.

  Arsene Wenger

  Vegetables, People, Fish Tanks

  "French Lessons". www.theguardian.com. October 01, 2006.

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• Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.

  Marie Laurencin

  Girl, Art, Beer

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