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

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

No, the shark in an updated JAWS could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are much more the oppressed than the oppressors.

If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.

You're gonna need a bigger boat.

There's nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That's their instinct. But this fish doesn't run from anything. He doesn't fear.

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

Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges.

Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.

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

If he couldn't forgive you for what you'd done, it was clear to me he was never truly your destiny.

You cannot bury someone with the Shereketa spirit for long. Even if they are thrown into problems, they will rise back up.

Mom says you have to believe in Santa if you want presents on Christmas.

Life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed by a desire to change his bed.

I've never counted my chickens before they've hatched.

You do a little more of a record album these days. See I just wanted to put a few songs in Beaches and we did very well. The album of Beaches went gold.

The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety.

Opportunity is infinite; once you know that, opportunity is omni-existent.

Good luck tended to avoid me.

Every dressing room should have a few proper bottles of bubbly.