Peter Benchley Quotes

Peter Benchley
American Author
Born: May 8, 1940
Died: Feb 11, 2006
About Believe Sharks Time Writing You
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Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth. Peter Benchley
Life Earth Would Would-Be No Life Without Oceans
We do not just fear our predators, we are transfixed by them. We are prone to weave stories and fables and chat endlessly about them. Peter Benchley
Fear Our Fables Prone Weave About Chat Endlessly Just Predators Stories Them
Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival. Peter Benchley
Survival Breeds Preparedness
Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides. Peter Benchley
Fall Rise Almost Tides Reputations Regularly
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
Walk Live Enter Visit River Taking Tiger Climb Snakes Forest Mountain Survive Where Swamp To Survive Choose Swim Desert Lives Chance
We should be afraid of sharks half as much as sharks should be afraid of us. Peter Benchley
Sharks Half Afraid Us Much Should
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
Love Time You Solitude Writing Discipline Drudgery Most Order Endure To Love Sweat
Twenty-five years ago nobody knew much about white sharks. Peter Benchley
Sharks White About Knew Nobody Years Years Ago Much Twenty-Five
I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me. Peter Benchley
Me Single Think Both Writer Read Non-Fiction Very Fiction Influences Who Widely
I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything. Peter Benchley
Believe Objects Blaming Anything Inanimate
I dive as much as I can. Peter Benchley
Dive Much
I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet. Peter Benchley
Internet Woods Babe
Almost any shark, three or four feet long, could kill a human being if it chose to do it. It could make you bleed to death. But they don't. Peter Benchley
Death You Human Being Three Long Could Shark Almost Bleed Feet Make Any Human Being Chose Four
It is not that I don't have a fear of sharks, it is that I have a respect for them, so that I know any more than if I were to go into the jungle, I would have a fear of tigers, that I would try to lower the odds. Peter Benchley
Respect Fear Sharks Try Odds Would More Know Tigers Go Were Jungle Than Any Them Lower
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
Blame Fear Sharks Old Responsibility Invent Mario Would Mafia Take Mean Mankind Should
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
Love You Learning Key Safety Tribal Sense Living Think Desperately Monsters Our Eat About Thrill Both Come Because Without Going Afraid Being Room Them Jaws Your Deeply Right Living Room
If you're young and wild, you tend to believe your clippings. One day you're Hemingway. The next day you're nothing. Peter Benchley
Day You Young Nothing Believe Wild One Day Tend Next Your Hemingway

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