Peter Benchley quotes and sayings
Because the Asian market is so omnivorous, it affects all the shark populations up and down the Central and South American coast, and to a certain extent the East Coast of the United States as well.
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.
- If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.
- Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.
- I hope that 'Jaws' will have brought sharks into the public interest at a time when we desperately need to reevaluate our care for the environment.
- Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.
- I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.
- I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs.
- I dive as much as I can.
- Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.
- I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.