Peter Benchley Quotes

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

Peter Benchley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FoodOceanYouSharksWithoutTake

Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.

Tom Stoppard

TheatreObstaclesRoadDisaster

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.

Lorraine Hansberry

FearThinkNeverAfraidSitWhile

Depending on the season, you'll find me outdoors doing an activity.

Jason Statham

MeOutdoorsDoingYouFindActivity

The computer is a mechanism for acceleration: it accelerates economic activity, and this is eating up the world. It's eating up resources, it's processing, it's manufacturing, it's distributing, it's consuming. That's what the computer's real work does, and it does that 24/7, 365 days a year, non-stop, just to satisfy our own narrow needs.

Douglas Tompkins

WorkWorldEatingYearManufacturing

My mom won't let me buy high-fashion stuff unless it's TK Maxx or a birthday occasion.

Chloe Grace Moretz

BirthdayMeMomBuyStuffOccasion

I'm asked all the time, 'Doesn't it feel great to finish the novel?' And the answer to that is, 'No.' It's sort of a loss to stop a 10-year project, which is an imaginary project in the sense that it's a work of my imagination.

Bob Shacochis

WorkGreatTimeImaginationLoss

Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.

Bodhidharma

DeathWillBirthThroughMove

Play is always voluntary. What might otherwise be play is work if it's forced.

Bob Black

WorkPlayAlwaysMightForced

I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work.

Armand Assante

WorkYearsTheaterLotNonstop

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.

Annie Lennox

StarsTimeBusyCareerActivismPop

Spending on largely ineffective programs - although well intentioned - is a detriment to fostering real job growth.

Phil Gingrey

GrowthJobRealWellJob Growth

I learned everything I knew about recording and engineering from my experience with Odd Future, so I was pretty comfortable with not having much.

Syd

FutureExperienceEngineeringPretty

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