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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 8, 1940 - February 11, 2006

Topics

CarDeathAnimalBeeSnakeDie

What I want to do is play roles as a black man, instead of playing black man's roles. You know?

Jim Brown

ManBlackYouPlayKnowWant

I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first.

Jermaine Dupri

PeopleFirstSeemWatchWhoLike

One of the first comic things you do is imitate.

Robert Mankoff

YouFirstThingsImitateComic

Considering what a prolific writer Dickens was, the word 'Dickensian' could legitimately cover a vast thematic territory, explaining at least some of the variety of its applications.

Matthew Pearl

VarietyWriterWordCoverSomeVast

Love is messy. It's not something that's real clean.

Matt Dillon

LoveLove IsMessyCleanReal

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome.

Angela Carter

MemoriesNostalgiaMoviesOldVice

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Anais Nin

LifeCourageProportionShrinks

The countries where you have the most fear of immigrants are the countries where you have the least immigration.

Stellan Skarsgard

FearImmigrationYouImmigrantsMost

I grew up with a lot of people whose whole prime mover was dad rage. I never really had it - it always seemed so empty. It always seemed to be masking something else, which was really their own lack of initiative.

Robert Downey, Jr.

PeopleInitiativeNeverRageEmpty

The networks found themselves having to compete for an increasingly Balkanized audience.

Roger Mudd

AudienceCompeteFoundNetworks

I'm unable to do the thing that Broadway actors do in plays, sometimes for years. The same exact blocking, the same exact lines. I'm a little bit uncomfortable with that. Every night I'm looking for ways to try something else.

Mike Birbiglia

NightLookingUncomfortableSometimes

We play make-believe and dress up for a living. One goes, one doesn't go, whatever. I don't understand how you can get bitter or jaded. We're just so lucky to get to do this.

Michael Mosley

DressYouPlayGoLivingUnderstand

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