“I have other fish to fry.”

“Governing a large country is like frying a small fish.”

Laozi book Tao Te Ching

“A man destined to fry
Can never ever ever die…
In any other way but frying. Lucky that I'm dying
By hanging and not drowning.”

Regina Spektor (1980) American singer-songwriter and pianist

“Actually Rogers Fry's Vision and Design [1920] was the most lucky discovery for me. I came on it by chance while looking for another book in the Leeds Reference Library. Fry in his essay on 'Negro Sculpture' stressed the 'three-dimensional realization' that characterized African art and its 'truth to material'. More, Fry opened the way to other books and to the realization of the British museum. That was really the beginning.”

Henry Moore (1898–1986) English artist

“I had the opportunity to fish as a kid, I just follow through with it. I'm not the best fisherman in the world, but I have a lot more fun than a lot of my other fishing friends in this world, who think they're supposedly experts. Sometimes the fish cooperate, sometimes they don't.”

John du Pont (1938–2010) American heir to the Du Pont family fortune, ornothologist, conchologist, murderer

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

Zane Grey (1872–1939) American novelist

“Just having thoughts of Marianne, quickest girl in the frying pan.”

Tori Amos (1963) American singer

“Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author

“God, it was hot! Forget about frying an egg on the sidewalk; this kind of heat would fry an egg inside the chicken.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

“There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer