“We provoke a shark every time we enter the water where sharks happen t...” — Peter Benchley Quote

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.”

“If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.”

“Everything I've written is based on something that has happened to me or something that I know a great deal about.”

“FOR VERY MINUTE YOU SPEND WORRYING ABOUT THINGS IN LIFE,”

“Every particle is born with the help of emptiness; every form of life and Everything from it is life; there is no life beyond it. Its vibrations make multitudes; there is no organic or nonorganic matter. These are our interpretations and linguistic definitions. Everything that is—it is life; Everything beyond it is nothing. The World is the imagined Perpetuum mobile, making Everything from “nothing” by “nothing.”

“The only good thing for men therefore is to be diverted from thinking of what they are, either by some occupation which takes their mind off it, or by some novel and agreeable passion which keeps them busy, like gambling, hunting, some absorbing show, in short by what is called diversion.”

“The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.”

“How is the duration of a relationship relative to what those involved in it feel?”