
“Some men fish all their lives without knowing it is not really the fish they are after.”
To Althea: From Prison, st. 2.
Lucasta (1649)
“Some men fish all their lives without knowing it is not really the fish they are after.”
“We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish.”
“I know the human being and the fish can coexist peacefully.”
Speech in Saginaw, Michigan (29 September 2000), http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-553138.html referring to a widely reported dispute in the Klamath region of Oregon between farmers with irrigation rights and Native Americans with fishing rights.
2000s, 2000
“One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish!”
“Gene Ray: Another thing, did you know your father is a fish?”
'Interviewer: No, I did not know my... [laughter]
Gene Ray: You know how salmon swim upstream, the male fertilizes the female eggs laid in the water?
Interviewer: Yes.
Gene Ray: The sperm fish swims upstream just like the salmon fertilizes female eggs laid in the water.
Radio KoL interview, April 9, 2004
While eating "Chicken of the Sea" canned tuna
Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica, "Newlyweds Clean House" [1.01], 19 August 2003