I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs. Peter Benchley dinosaurfascinateimplicitly Change image and share on social
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 bleedchoosedeath Change image and share on social
Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides. Peter Benchley fallregularlyreputation Change image and share on social
Because the Asian market is so omnivorous, it affects all the shark populations up and down the Central and South American coast, and to a certain extent the East Coast of the United States as well. Peter Benchley affectamericanasian Change image and share on social
Everything I've written is based on something that has happened to me or something that I know a great deal about. Peter Benchley basedealgreat Change image and share on social
Twenty-five years ago nobody knew much about white sharks. Peter Benchley agoknowshark Change image and share on social
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 blamefearinvent Change image and share on social
I've never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins. Peter Benchley creaturehavehurt Change image and share on social
Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges. Peter Benchley beinggrudgehold Change image and share on social
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 angerbegincatastrophic share on social
