Jaws quotes

You’re gonna need a bigger boat.

Smile, you son of a bitch.

We’re gonna need a bigger boat.

You think you could pull two barrels?

Bad fish! Not like going down to the pond and chasing bluegills and tommycods. This shark, swallow you whole.

I’m not going to waste my time arguing with a man who’s lining up to be a hot lunch.

You know, that was the time I was most frightened… waitin’ for my turn. I’ll never put on a lifejacket again.

He can’t stay down with three barrels. Not with three he can’t.

You wanna drink? Drink to your leg.

If that’s not a shark, I don’t know what is.

He’s comin’ straight at us!

You yell shark and we’ve got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.

If you open your mouth again, you’re gonna get a bigger boat!

You’re gonna need a bigger shark.

Sometimes that shark, he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark, he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes.

Well, this is not a boat accident! It wasn’t any propeller, it wasn’t any coral reef, and it wasn’t Jack the Ripper! It was a shark.

I’m telling you, the crime rate in New York will kill you. There’s so many problems, you never feel like you’re accomplishing anything. Violence, rip-offs, muggings… kids can’t leave the house. You take your life in your hands every time you walk out the door. The country’s finished.

I think we’re gonna need a bigger shark cage.

You know those eight boys in the water yesterday? You know the thing about a shark, he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes, like a doll’s eyes.

You got city hands, Mr. Hooper.

We’ve got to draw blood from it. Does that amaze you? It’s perfect. I won’t punch no shark that’s on his home grounds!

I have an aversion to boats.

I made a deal with him. I said I wouldn’t go in the water. That’s right. And I don’t go in the water.

You got your swim-chop legs on? Hey, fellas! Look at what I brought ya!

Now, why don’t you take a long, close look at this sign. Those proportions are correct.

You seem to be able to talk about it. Did you see it? What was it? Did you see it?

Now, I want those little paint-happy bastards caught and hung up by their Buster Browns!

Come on, Chief. This isn’t no boy scout picnic! I’ve worked too hard and too long to let something like this happen.

You know, the thing about a shark… he’s got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eyes.

We need to close the beach. Now!

You go in the cage. Cage goes in the water. You go in the water. Shark’s in the water. Our shark.

You know, it’s not just the size of the fish, it’s the way you got to handle tackle.

Hey, you guys. You gonna need a bigger crew.

I’ve got no spit.

Anyway… we delivered the bomb.

They caught a shark, not the shark.

I prescribe a bath, Mr. Hooper. A long, hot bath and some sedatives.

You’re all going to need a bigger boat!

That’s a twelve footer.

It’s only an island if you look at it from the water.

The beaches are open.

Jesus H. Christ in heaven! Did you see that?

Well, that’s a twenty-footer. Twenty-five. Three tons of him.

Ten thousand dollars for me by myself, for that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.

Fire a warning shot across her nose!