When you have a strongly held belief, don't you think it's important to express that belief accurately? — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“Even if you don’t believe in any God, you still have to believe in something that gives meaning to your life, and… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Nobody dares to solve the problems-because the solution might contradict your philosophy, and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
They believed that prediction was just a function of keeping track of things. If you knew enough, you could predict anything. That's… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The second reason to abandon environmental religion is more pressing. Religions think they know it all, but the unhappy truth of the… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The past history of human belief is a cautionary tale. We have killed thousands of our fellow human beings because we believed… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The romantic view of the natural world as a blissful Eden is only held by people who have no actual experience of… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
In my view, our approach to global warming exemplifies everything that is wrong with our approach to the environment. We are basing… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
