Lil Wayne
Rapper, Musician
"The only thing on the mind of a shark is to eat."
Sharks quotes
Sharks
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Paul Watson
Journalist
"The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to the sharks have had their behavior, their speed, their camouflage, their defense mechanisms molded by the shark."
Don Johnson
Actor, Producer
"I'm just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks."
Nicolas Cage
Actor, Producer
"I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion."
Muhammad Yunus
Social Entrepreneur
"We developed microfinance to fight loan sharks - I was telling people don't go to loan sharks - not trying to take advantage and make money for myself. I would be a junior loan shark if I did ... It is not a panacea."
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"The ground is my ocean, I’m the shark, and most people don’t even know how to swim."
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"French fries kill more people than guns and sharks, yet nobody's afraid of French fries."
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"Hand me down the shark repellent Bat-Spray!"
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"After the clinch, it doesn't matter what happens, one way or another, we're going to hit the ground, and we'll be in my world. The ground is my ocean, I'm the shark, and most people don't even know how to swim."
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"I have been called a Rogue Elephant, a Cannibal Shark, and a crocodile. I am none the worse. I remain a caged, and rather sardonic, lion, in a particularly contemptible and ill-run zoo."
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"Nothing is more important than saving ... the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels. The humans? The planet does not need humans."
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"By his machines man can dive and remain under water like a shark; can fly like a hawk in the air; can see atoms like a gnat; can see the system of the universe of Uriel, the angel of the sun; can carry whatever loads a ton of coal can lift; can knock down cities with his fist of gunpowder; can recover the history of his race by the medals which the deluge, and every creature, civil or savage or brute, has involuntarily dropped of its existence; and divine the future possibility of the planet and its inhabitants by his perception of laws of nature."
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"It comes down to finding something you love to do and then just trying to be great at it"
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"My position is this. If we can't protect sanctuaries, if we can't save the whales, the sharks, the fish, our oceans will die."
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"I'm like a shark, right at the top of the food chain. I take what I want, when I want. I truly am the reflection of perfection."
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"You're more likely to drown in the sea of sameness than get eaten by a shark while navigating new waters."
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"Sharks are the criminals of the sea. Dolphins are the outlaws."
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"Of all the creatures in the world that really frighten me - the hyena in Africa, the great white shark - leopard seals are near the top of the list. They're killers. If my team spots one, they'll pull me out of the water."
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"pools of blood are not recreational even lifeguards drown when the undertow breaks bread with the underbelly demons disguised as sharks have not put enough thought into their costumes a wiseman stays ashore when pointed fins read like italian subtitles the end is near (...) the beginning"
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"Once Henry had heard a crying noise at sea, and had seen a mermaid floating on the ocean's surface. The mermaid had been injured by a shark. Henry had pulled the mermaid out of the water with a rope, and she had died in his arms..."what language did the mermaid speak?" Alma wanted to know, imagining that it like almost have to be Greek. "English!" Henry said. "By God, plum, why would I rescue a deuced foreign mermaid?"
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"I'm afraid of sharks - but only in a water situation."
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"Instead of squirreling away your earnings early in your career, spend on experiences that will enrich your life - like diving with great white sharks. It can expose you to influential people who could open doors for you."
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"I've always been freaked out in deep open water if there's a potential of sharks around."
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"Live every week like it's shark week."
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"I'm a blowfish. I'm not a shark, I'm a blowfish."
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