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Peter Benchley Quotes

You're gonna need a bigger boat Picture Quote #1

I’m a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet Picture Quote #1

Twenty-five years ago nobody knew much about white sharks Picture Quote #1

Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth Picture Quote #1

Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival Picture Quote #1

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don’t think there’s a single writer who influences me Picture Quote #1

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There’s nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That’s their instinct. But this fish doesn’t run from anything. He doesn’t fear Picture Quote #1

If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a river where crocodiles live, we are taking a chance. If we visit the desert or climb a mountain or enter a swamp where snakes have managed to survive, we are taking a chance Picture Quote #1

I hope that ‘Jaws’ will have brought sharks into the public interest at a time when we desperately need to reevaluate our care for the environment Picture Quote #1

I didn’t invent the fear of sharks; it’s as old as mankind, and that - to take that responsibility would mean that Mario Puzo should take the blame for the Mafia Picture Quote #1

There was a minor burst of macho nuttiness after ‘Jaws’ came out, in which people would go off in shark tournaments and come back holding the bloody heads of these animals and say, ‘Look what I did.’ But they’ve been doing that for hundreds of thousands of years anyway Picture Quote #1

In a deeply tribal sense, we love our monsters, and I think that is the key to it right there. It is monsters; it is learning about them: it is both thrill and safety. You can think of them without being desperately afraid because they are not going to come into your living room and eat you. That is ‘Jaws.’ Picture Quote #1

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A human being is still more likely to die of a bee sting, snake bite or, Lord knows, automobile accident than by shark attack. We do not execute the perpretrators of death by car. We should not butcher an animal for an inadvertent homicide Picture Quote #1

Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain Picture Quote #1

We are already perilously close to killing off the top of the oceanic food chain - with catastrophic consequences that we can’t begin to imagine. Let us not, in the heat of anger, reduce the already devastated population of great white sharks by one more member Picture Quote #1

If you take away the predators in the prairies and the national parks, you suddenly have an explosion of elk, and then you have a lack of the food source for the elk, so they strip all the ground bare and that takes away the cover, on and on and on and on. The whole food chain is disrupted Picture Quote #1

Since writing JAWS, I’ve been lucky enough to do close to forty television shows about wildlife in the oceans, and yes, I have been attacked by sea creatures once in a while Picture Quote #1

We provoke a shark every time we enter the water where sharks happen to be, for we forget: The ocean is not our territory - it’s theirs Picture Quote #1

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I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don’t think there’s a single writer who influences me Picture Quote #1

I know now that the mythic monster I created was largely a fiction Picture Quote #1

The great fish moved silently through the night water Picture Quote #1

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water Picture Quote #1

Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything Picture Quote #1

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I dive as much as I can Picture Quote #1

Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain Picture Quote #1

Oceanography is a terrific career because gradually we seem to be coming around to realize that we had better become as acquainted with the seventy percent of our planet that is covered by water as we are with the dark side of the moon Picture Quote #1

The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That’s their instinct. But this fish doesn’t run from anything. He doesn’t fear Picture Quote #1

Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline Picture Quote #1

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You're gonna need a bigger boat (Peter Benchley Quotes) I’m a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet (Peter Benchley Quotes) Twenty-five years ago nobody knew much about white sharks (Peter Benchley Quotes) Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth (Peter Benchley Quotes) Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival (Peter Benchley Quotes) I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don’t think there’s a single writer who influences me. (Peter Benchley Quotes) There’s nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That’s their instinct. But this fish doesn’t run from anything. He doesn’t fear. (Peter Benchley Quotes) If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a river where crocodiles live, we are taking a chance. If we visit the desert or climb a mountain or enter a swamp where snakes have managed to survive, we are taking a chance. (Peter Benchley Quotes) I hope that ‘Jaws’ will have brought sharks into the public interest at a time when we desperately need to reevaluate our care for the environment. (Peter Benchley Quotes) I didn’t invent the fear of sharks; it’s as old as mankind, and that - to take that responsibility would mean that Mario Puzo should take the blame for the Mafia. (Peter Benchley Quotes) There was a minor burst of macho nuttiness after ‘Jaws’ came out, in which people would go off in shark tournaments and come back holding the bloody heads of these animals and say, ‘Look what I did.’ But they’ve been doing that for hundreds of thousands of years anyway. (Peter Benchley Quotes) In a deeply tribal sense, we love our monsters, and I think that is the key to it right there. It is monsters; it is learning about them: it is both thrill and safety. You can think of them without being desperately afraid because they are not going to come into your living room and eat you. That is ‘Jaws.’ (Peter Benchley Quotes) A human being is still more likely to die of a bee sting, snake bite or, Lord knows, automobile accident than by shark attack. We do not execute the perpretrators of death by car. We should not butcher an animal for an inadvertent homicide (Peter Benchley Quotes) Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain. (Peter Benchley Quotes) We are already perilously close to killing off the top of the oceanic food chain - with catastrophic consequences that we can’t begin to imagine. Let us not, in the heat of anger, reduce the already devastated population of great white sharks by one more member. (Peter Benchley Quotes) If you take away the predators in the prairies and the national parks, you suddenly have an explosion of elk, and then you have a lack of the food source for the elk, so they strip all the ground bare and that takes away the cover, on and on and on and on. The whole food chain is disrupted. (Peter Benchley Quotes) Since writing JAWS, I’ve been lucky enough to do close to forty television shows about wildlife in the oceans, and yes, I have been attacked by sea creatures once in a while (Peter Benchley Quotes) We provoke a shark every time we enter the water where sharks happen to be, for we forget: The ocean is not our territory - it’s theirs. (Peter Benchley Quotes) I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don’t think there’s a single writer who influences me (Peter Benchley Quotes) I know now that the mythic monster I created was largely a fiction (Peter Benchley Quotes) The great fish moved silently through the night water (Peter Benchley Quotes) Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water (Peter Benchley Quotes) Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides (Peter Benchley Quotes) I don’t believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything (Peter Benchley Quotes) I dive as much as I can (Peter Benchley Quotes) Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain (Peter Benchley Quotes) Oceanography is a terrific career because gradually we seem to be coming around to realize that we had better become as acquainted with the seventy percent of our planet that is covered by water as we are with the dark side of the moon (Peter Benchley Quotes) The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future (Peter Benchley Quotes) There’s nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That’s their instinct. But this fish doesn’t run from anything. He doesn’t fear (Peter Benchley Quotes) Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline (Peter Benchley Quotes)

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