Quotes About Fish
“Fish, to taste right, must swim three times—in water, in butter and in wine in the stomach.” –Polish proverb
“Agassiz does recommend authors to eat fish, because the phosphorus in it makes brains. But I cannot help you to a decision about the amount you need to eat. Perhaps a couple of whales would be enough.” –Mark Twain
“Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him of the entire weekend.” –Zenna Schaffer
“Ruling a large kingdom is like cooking a small fish.” (Too much handling will spoil it.) –Lao Tzu
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak.” –Jay Leno
“Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.” –P. J. O’Rourke
“It is better to be the head of a live sardine than the tail of a dead trout.” –Francis Beeding
“Fish should smell like the tide. Once they smell like fish, it’s too late.” –Oscar Gizelt
“Fish is meant to tempt as well as nourish, and everything that lives in water is seductive.” –Jean-Paul Aron
“Fish and guests stink in three days.” –Benjamin Franklin
