Fishes Quotes - Page 32

• Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise.

  Tommy Douglas

  Ocean, Men, Air

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• Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There's still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.

  Sylvia Earle

  Lakes, Blue, Oysters

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• I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don't see in the daytime.

  Sylvia Earle

  Night, Diving, Daytime

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• When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the 'National Geographic' covers a project, it communicates about plants and fish and underwater technology to more than 10 million people.

  Sylvia Earle

  Writing, Technology, People

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• The concept of 'peak oil' has penetrated the hearts and minds of people concerned about energy for the future. 'Peak fish' occurred around the end of the 1980s.

  Sylvia Earle

  Heart, Oil, People

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• I call it an old-fashioned seafood house for the new millennium. We are trying to update what we know as old fish houses and places like that, which are great, but I want to give it a new, fresh look with updated versions of the classics we all love.

  Todd English

  Giving, House, Trying

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• I was mainly raised by a working mum who didn't have much time or inclination for making food. So I had three or four basic meals: fish fingers and a tomato; a packet scotch egg and a tomato; pasta with a tin of tomatoes; and extra mild plastic-y cheddar chopped into cubes with bits of cucumber.

  Paloma Faith

  Scotch, Eggs, Meals

  "Paloma Faith: 'I woo people with food, so I'm always cooking'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2013.

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• An instant-read thermometer is your best bet for making sure that meat and fish are cooked to the proper temperature.

  Bobby Flay

  Temperature, Meat, Thermometers

  Bobby Flay (2010). “Bobby Flay's Grill It!”, p.21, Clarkson Potter

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• If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish or shrimp thing, maybe two vegetable things, and I think it's fun to end the cocktail party with a sweet thing.

  Ina Garten

  Sweet, Fun, Party

  "Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics". Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. November 24, 2008.

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• A well-designed home has to be very comfortable. I can't stand the aesthetes, the minimal thing. I can't live that way. My home has to be filled with stuff - mostly paintings, sculpture, my fish lamps, cardboard furniture, lots of books.

  Frank Gehry

  Book, Home, Furniture

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• Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and fish and guinea pigs.

  Salma Hayek

  Dog, Horse, Cat

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• Chris Hemsworth is like Christopher Reeve in that he can do two things: he can wear a big red cape without a shred of self-consciousness. But he's also funny as hell, and he's so sweet. So with all the fish-out-of-water stuff, he's so funny. So he does almost two jobs in a way.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Sweet, Jobs, Two

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• My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That's the key I may be up early, but I'm in bed early too.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Men, Keys

  "Magic Johnson pushes HIV awareness". Interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, www.cnn.com. November 24, 2004.

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• I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus.

  Shawn Johnson

  Turkeys, Meat, Sushi

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• The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

  Dean Kamen

  Cities, Car, Needs

  "Giving transport back to the people". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. July 4, 2005.

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• Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then.

  Garrison Keillor

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Good Life

  "Leaving Home". Book by Garrison Keillor, 1987.

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• I'm the person who wouldn't send back my food even if I got steak when I'd ordered fish.

  Anna Kendrick

  Steak, Persons, Ifs

  "Anna Kendrick: 'It's all about that fatal flaw'". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2012.

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• People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Travel, Stars, Fall

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• A fishnet is made up of a lot more holes than strings, but you can't therefore argue that the net doesn't exist. Just ask the fish.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Arguing, Holes, Made

  "Ben Stein Dukes it Out with Darwin" by Jeffrey Kluger, content.time.com. April 10, 2008.

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• I always have breakfast, say, scrambled egg whites, a vegetable smoothie, or whole-grain cereal with low-fat milk. For lunch and dinner, I eat a lot of fish and vegetables. And throughout the day, I try to stay hydrated.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Cereal, Vegetables, Eggs

  "Beyonce’s Bikini Body Graces The Cover Of Shape Magazine (PHOTO)" by Leigh Blickley, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2013.

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• Wrap fish fillets, sliced veggies, and other quick-cooking items inside foil packets with bundles of fresh herbs and throw them directly on the grill; the steam will release the herb's perfume and flavor anything contained inside the pouch.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Cooking, Flavor, Herbs

  "Releasing My Inner Emeril: Lagasse Grilled" by Perry Garfinkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 11, 2009.

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• I respected it. I submerged myself into it. So on a lot of days off I would go and fish with the fishermen and the families that ran the boats. I would go work the fields with farmers. I would go and talk with farmers about growing particular products for me.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Days Off, Growing, Fields

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• We'll be going to the fish market and a farmer's market this afternoon to get what we need to make and eat dinner as a family. I'm trying to expose my kids to going to a farmers market or the fish market and learning what that's all about.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Kids, Trying, Needs

  "Interview With a True Original, Emeril Lagasse". Interview with Regina Varolli, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 17, 2011.

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• You have to be cautious of eating continuously the same thing. Beef comes to mind right away, and there's nothing wrong with beef, but you've got to do whatever you're doing in moderation. So try to break it up a little bit. Eat some fish or some shellfish at least a couple of times a week.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Couple, Mind, Trying

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• You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg up to the surface. They keep this whole heavy nest of eggs floating, and they're constantly repairing it. It's as if they live in both elements.

  Audre Lorde

  Fighting, Blow, Eggs

  Audre Lorde, Joan Wylie Hall (2004). “Conversations with Audre Lorde”, p.31, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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