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Quotes About Codfish

I am sure my music has a taste of codfish in it.
~ Edvard Grieg
The man had no more romance in his soul than a codfish
~ Elizabeth Peters
The codfish lays ten thousands eggs, The homely hen lays one. The codfish never cackles To tell you what she's done. And so we scorn the codfish, While the humble hen we prize, Which only goes to show you That it pays to advertise.
~ Anonymous
The codfish lays ten thousand eggs,The homely hen lays one.The codfish never cacklesTo tell you what she's done.And so we scorn the codfish,While the humble hen we prize,Which only goes to show youThat it pays to advertise.
~ Anonymous
Glos'ter girls they have no combs,Heave away, heave away!They comb their hair with codfish bones.
~ Anonymous: Shanties
he was speaking to them publicly in a tone of reprimand, he got an ovation in the way of eggs and codfish, both of which had been set aside for that purpose when the country was new, and therefore had an air of antiquity which cannot be successfully imitated.
~ Bill Nye
You haggle like a crone with a codfish.
~ George R.R. Martin