Fishes Wishes Quotes & Sayings

If fishes were wishes the ocean would be all of our desire. — Gertrude Stein

If wishes were fishes, the world would be an ocean — Jim Ross

He unpacks his bag of tales
with fingers quick
as a weaver's
picking the weft threads
threading the warp.
Watch his fingers.
Watch his lips
speaking the old familiar words:

"Once there was
and there was not,
oh, best beloved,
when the world was filled with wishes
the way the sea is filled with fishes..."

All those threads
pulling us back
to another world, another time,
when goosegirls married well
and frogs could rhyme,
when maids spoke syllables of pearl
and stepmothers came to grief.

.... (from The Storyteller poem) — Jane Yolen

If wishes were fishes, even beggars would eat — Lili St. Crow

If wishes could be fishes, even beggars would eat. — Lili St. Crow

Ah, well, my mother told me that if wishes were fishes, we would all be swimming in riches. Ok, tell me about these two facilities. — Craig Alanson

If wishes were fishes, we'd all throw nets. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Like the sweet moon keeps the sky
Like the wind goin' whooshing by
When those ol' sunbeams break the day
I will keep you while you play
Just as ol' river keeps the fishes
And little stars keep silver wishes
Just as the ocean keeps the blue
I will stand here close to you.
When all around is dark and deep
When them ol' shadows slowly creep
Even when you're fast asleep
It's you I'll keep, it's you I'll keep
No need to cry, no need to fear
I will always be right here.
I will always be right here. — Kathi Appelt

If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride. — Douglas Horton

There's nothing sweeter than a real friend:
Not only is he prompt to lend
An angler delicate, he fishes
The very deepest of your wishes,
And spares your modesty the task
His friendly aid to ask.
A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear,
When pointing at the object dear. — Jean De La Fontaine

If wishes were fishes, this whole place would really stink. — Karina Halle

If wishes were fishes, aquariums would be much more terrifying. — Heidi Heilig

Here I am," she said, "down among the fishes where I wanted to be. Nothing like having your wishes come true. — Walter R. Brooks

If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets. — Frank Herbert