Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532–1564), Fifth Book (1564), Chapter 12.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 35.
“Governing a large country is like frying a small fish.”
Source: Tao Te Ching, Ch. 60
In response to a question in the House of Commons about the fishing industry losing money due to Brexit red tape https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-01-14/debates/329F59AC-D8A3-464D-AF4D-58C7EAA560C6/BusinessOfTheHouse#contribution-F5E677D7-58DE-4634-88A4-E97E2AA8F7E6 (14 January 2021)
2021
“Here we go, surfing the Net again, something done by humans and very gullible fish.”
Only Human (1999)
“Just having thoughts of Marianne, quickest girl in the frying pan.”
"Marianne".
Songs
“We feel free when we escape, even if it be from the frying pan into the fire.”
“The title of this movie should be "Here's a Fish. You're Stupid."”
On Jaws 4: The Revenge
Showtime Triple Crowns of Comedy
Explaining why she became vegan, spotted helping out at an OCRF Benefit, as quoted in "Petra Nemcova Goes Vegan For The Fish", in Celebrity-Gossip.net (31 July 2007) http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/petra-nemcova-goes-vegan-for-the-fish-201498#blog.
“If we didn't have quotas there would be overfishing and we would have no fish left.”
EU referendum: Leavers 'want to have cake and eat it', Elizabeth Truss claims https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36512743 BBC News (12 June 2016)
2016
