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> [The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/the-past-always-seems-better-when-you-look-back-on-it-than-it-did-at/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

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> [“The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future. It’s depressing if you spend too much time reliving the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/the-past-always-seems-better-when-you-look-back-on-it-than-it-did-at-2/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

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## More by Peter Benchley

> [If you take away the predators in the prairies and the national parks, you suddenly have an explosion of elk, and then you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/if-you-take-away-the-predators-in-the-prairies-and-the-national-parks/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/without-sharks-you-take-away-the-apex-predator-of-the-ocean-and-you/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [Since writing JAWS, I've been lucky enough to do close to forty television shows about wildlife in the oceans, and yes, I have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/since-writing-jaws-i-ve-been-lucky-enough-to-do-close-to-forty/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [“Intellectually, they knew a great deal. Practically, they chose to know almost nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/intellectually-they-knew-a-great-deal-practically-they-chose-to-know/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [“Come up fish. Come to Quint.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/come-up-fish-come-to-quint/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [Oceanography is a terrific career because gradually we seem to be coming around to realize that we had better become as acquainted with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/oceanography-is-a-terrific-career-because-gradually-we-seem-to-be/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [“He felt at once betrayed and betrayer, deceived and deceiver. He was a criminal forced into crime, an unwilling whore.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/he-felt-at-once-betrayed-and-betrayer-deceived-and-deceiver-he-was-a/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [The great fish moved silently through the night water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/the-great-fish-moved-silently-through-the-night-water/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [Sharks have everything a scientist dreams of. They're beautiful―God, how beautiful they are! They're like an impossibly perfect piece of machinery. They're as graceful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/sharks-have-everything-a-scientist-dreams-of-they-re-beautiful-god/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [In a deeply tribal sense, we love our monsters, and I think that is the key to it right there. It is monsters; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/in-a-deeply-tribal-sense-we-love-our-monsters-and-i-think-that-is-the/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [There was a minor burst of macho nuttiness after 'Jaws' came out, in which people would go off in shark tournaments and come back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/there-was-a-minor-burst-of-macho-nuttiness-after-jaws-came-out-in/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [The fish was an enemy. It had come upon the community and killed two men, a woman, and a child. The people of Amity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/the-fish-was-an-enemy-it-had-come-upon-the-community-and-killed-two/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [“A man dies, girl, he isn't any more, least not down here. Respect and all that crap doesn't deserve the dead; it just makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/a-man-dies-girl-he-isn-t-any-more-least-not-down-here-respect-and-all/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/the-past-always-seems-better-when-you-look-back-on-it-than-it-did-at/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

> [“The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-benchley/the-past-always-seems-better-when-you-look-back-on-it-than-it-did-at-2/)

[Peter Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-benchley/)

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