Jaws Quotations

Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death.

I grew my dreadlocks 12 years ago because they give me the freedom to roll out of bed and not spend hours on my woolly, thick hair. I get tons of dropped jaws and compliments, so I reckon folks like them all right.

Guys never looked at me. I always had crushes on older seniors who never looked at me. So, when I tell directors that I wanna play that girl who gets rejected, they're like, 'Why?' I tell them it's because I relate to that girl much more than being the girl who makes jaws drop when she walks into a room.

In the period before the arrival of Mrs. Thatcher, politics had been in such low esteem. Everything was so hedged, so mealy-mouthed. Then along came this woman who seemed to have no manners at all and said exactly what she thought. Everyone's eyes were popping and their jaws were dropping, and I really enjoyed that.

Lord, I am coming as fast as I can: I know I must pass through the shadow of death before I can come to Thee; but it is but umbra mortis, a mere shadow of death... Thou, by thy merits and passion, hath broken through the jaws of death.

I am used to seeing what a car looks like after the rescue squad is through and they did have to use the jaws of life to extract Mrs. Patton. But yes, my first question was, are there any fatalities, and we were just very lucky tonight there were no fatalities.

We made the decision to reopen Jaws because our guests told us, rather passionately, that they wanted us to.

There is a hook in every benefit that sticks in his jaws that takes the benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will

Lionel can play anything: totally out, blues, tear-jerking stuff, rock and African, ... Carlos didn't know him, but he trusted my judgment. When Lionel played, he blew everyone's minds -- the audience and Carlos' band. Their jaws were hanging.

I sat in with them, and I remember their jaws dropped. I could actually play. I had some degree of sense of time.

Our jaws dropped at this case. It has got to be one of the most horrendous speeding cases ever.

Our jaws dropped. Oh my god. It's one of the greatest goals of all time. We are starting to talk about him for the Hart Trophy.

I tell my parents, 'The university just raised a billion dollars,' and their jaws just drop. It's validation of what we already are and an investment in what we are going to become.

We were sitting here with our jaws dropping.

will end in snatching defeat from the jaws of uncertainty.

We're always nervous whenever we play this team, because we've had defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.

When I finished performing 'I Won't Give Up' for the first time, I opened my eyes, and I think there was maybe six people in there when I started, and when I finished there was about 30 people, all standing around with their jaws dropped in complete silence. I said, 'Okay, I think this song has some power to it.' So coffee shops work for me.

We were all kind of like - our jaws dropped - like, wow. I think he was smarter than people gave him credit for.

You are old,"" said the youth, ""and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak - Pray, how did you manage to do it? ""In my youth,"" said his father, ""I took to the law, And argued e

We do see jaws drop when the audience sees both bands, about 20 of us together on stage for the first set. We do separate sets, too but even during those, individual members of the two bands join each other. It's a cross pollination if you will. Between us we have about 50 hits and we do nearly all of them. It's just a dynamic and fun show. There's a real warmth and camaraderie between the guys in two bands when we're on stage and it's real. I'm enjoying that.

We went to a modified schedule with Jaws in September, and that means it's open for nighttime events and busier seasons, like the holidays. But shortly after that, our guests began to tell us they missed the attraction, and we realized Jaws is an important part of the Universal experience.

America and its allies face many risks and problems in Iraq, but it is all too easy to snatch defeat from the jaws of uncertainty.

This guy is amazing. He's going to make people's jaws drop in the stands.

This is a damage-limitation move and a snap victory from the jaws of defeat.

It's very hard to find The Exorcist or Jaws that will really get under your skin... Psycho... make you afraid to get in the shower. Those ideas are few and far between, rare.

Into the jaws of death,/ Into the mouth of hell/ Rode the six hundred.

By the time Ray and I get over to the Cheesecake Factory, we found out Kobe scored 81. We sat there with our jaws open. Now, I'm not a big Kobe fan. But that is one amazing performance, one for the ages, one that should be honored regardless of Kobe's reputation.

They hold their prey firmly in their jaws and go back into the water where they can further digest it.

It looked like the Jaws of Life had pulled it open.

I remembered back to Italy about six years ago when fighter jets clipped the gondola. Twelve people were killed. That incident flashed into my mind. Everyone's jaws just dropped. No one believed it. It was one of those strange things you don't expect - next thing you know there's a plane going over the building.

The House of Representatives recently passed an ESA reform bill that promises to give property owners 100 percent direct compensation for their lost rights. Incredibly, Senator Crapo's bill seeks to undo this. For property rights advocates, CRESA snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.

Wrigley was the first man to discover that American jaws must wag; so why not give them something to wag against.