Quotes by Peter Benchley

Peter Benchley

Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.

Fascination

Preparedness

Survival

He would have lied to himself as facilely as an alcoholic lies to himself to justify the 10 a.m. tumbler of vodka : it may be early here, but in Baghdad it’s almost evening.

Baghdad

Lying

May

I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs.

Believe

Men

Sharks

I dive as much as I can.

I Can

I don’t believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.

Believe

Blame

Inanimate Objects

I guess I’m a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

Hopeful

Suicidal

Suicide

I know now that the mythic monster I created was largely a fiction.

Fiction

Knows

Monsters

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don’t think there’s a single writer who influences me.

Fiction

Influence

Thinking

I’m a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet.

Babe

Internet

Woods

I’ve never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins.

Hurt

Jellyfish

Sea

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Fall

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Fishes

Grudge

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Hurt

I Can

Inanimate Objects

Influence

Inspirational

Internet

Jellyfish

Knows

Looks

Lying

May

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Quotes by Peter Benchley

Peter Benchley

Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.

He would have lied to himself as facilely as an alcoholic lies to himself to justify the 10 a.m. tumbler of vodka : it may be early here, but in Baghdad it’s almost evening.

I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs.

I dive as much as I can.

I don’t believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.

I guess I’m a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

I know now that the mythic monster I created was largely a fiction.

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don’t think there’s a single writer who influences me.

I’m a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet.

I’ve never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins.

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