Peter Benchley Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FearResponsibilityBlameSharksOld

In show business, generally you don't retire. If you love it, that is, you're in it forever anyway.

Jimmy Scott

LoveBusinessYouForeverRetire

It's like dance is a metaphor for going beyond where you think you can go.

Jennifer Grey

DanceThinkYouGoBeyondGoing

Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.

John Lydon

TogetherNeverPunkComingImagery

Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that if those songs fall flat they can say 'Ah well, we never really meant it anyway.' It's so dishonest.

Robert Smith

HateThinkFallSayNeverKnowing

Never attribute to malice, that which can be reasonably explained by stupidity.

Spider Robinson

StupidityNeverMaliceExplained

I don't care if people think I'm boring.

Steve-O

PeopleThinkCareBoring

I was thrilled that Sadiq Khan was so in support of the idea of culture being at the centre of a city and the idea that it is everyone's right. It can't be a matter of privilege or chance. It should be something everyone can have in their life, and that means knowing what it is.

Simon Rattle

LifeCultureSupportCityChance

I hate drag. It's extremely uncomfortable. It's awful. I'm in a full corset and pads and giant wigs.

Trixie Mattel

HateUncomfortableDragGiantWigs

I used to write at night. I was teaching school, and I was married, and had to do all the things that one does when one is working and has a family. But I used to write at night.

Rudolfo Anaya

FamilySchoolNightWriteThings

My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration.

Mike Myers

FunnyFatherSillyInspirationGuy

I'm an outdoors girl - I like to go fishing, riding four-wheelers, hunting.

Miranda Lambert

GirlFishingOutdoorsGoHunting

It must be possible to solve the task of controlling nature and yet simultaneously create a new freedom.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

NatureFreedomCreateNewPossible

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