“Skeptical scientists often point out, as Carl Sagan has, that the wonders of real science far surpass the supposed wonders of fringe… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus. There is no such thing as consensus science.… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“In a sense, he thought, all we consist of is memories. Our personalities are constructed from memories, our lives are organized around… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Science is the most exciting and sustained enterprise of discovery in the history of our species. It is the great adventure of… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Right now, scientists are in exactly the same position as Renaissance painters, commissioned to make the portrait the patron wants done, And… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“Science has always said that it may not know everything now but it will know, eventually. But now we see that isn’t… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“A third reason scientists are reluctant to examine paranormal phenomena is that they appear to contradict known physical laws. What is the… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“No, my point is that life on earth can take of itself. In the thinking of a human being, a hundred years… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“I suspect that scientists are driven by the sense that the world out there - reality - contains a hidden order, and… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Science is nothing more than a method of inquiry. The method says an assertion is valid - and will be universally accepted… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something. — Michael Crichton Copy Share
This is the gift of your species and this is the danger, because you do not choose to control your imaginings. You imagine wonderful… — Michael Crichton Copy Share
“it is important to recognize that the behavior of the two antagonists mirrors each other, like a Rorschach inkblot. The value of a Rorschach… — Michael Crichton Copy Share
They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens. — Michael Crichton Copy Share
I can tell you that second hand smoke is not a health hazard to anyone and never was, and the EPA has always known… — Michael Crichton Copy Share
As the practical value of altering consciousness becomes recognized, procedures to effect these alterations will become increasingly ordinary and unremarkable. The whole concept of… — Michael Crichton Copy Share
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story-and then turn the page to national or international affairs,… — Michael Crichton Copy Share
Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't… — Michael Crichton Copy Share
The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about… — Michael Crichton Copy Share
One of the things that Americans, as a multiracial society, feel is a tremendous sensitivity to racial comments of all kinds. — Michael Crichton Copy Share
Nobody smart knows what they want to do until they get into their twenties or thirties. — Michael Crichton Copy Share
This fascination with computer models is something I understand very well. Richard Feynmann called it a disease. I fear he is right. — Michael Crichton Copy Share
