“G.K. Chesterton said (in a somewhat different context), “If you believe in nothing, you’ll believe in anything.” That” — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
You've never heard of Chaos theory? Non-linear equations? Strange attractors? Ms. Sattler, I refuse to believe you're not familiar with the concept… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Discovery, they believe, is inevitable. So they just try to do it first. That's the game in science. — 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 believes a weather prediction twelve hours ahead. Now we're being asked to believe a prediction that goes out 100 years into… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think man needs to feel a special position within nature, and this leads him to believe that he is either… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I hadn't traveled with the intention of learning about anything except myself. And the real point of all this travel was not… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom is invariably out of date. Because in the time it has taken to become conventional - to become what everyone… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I believe my life has a value, and i don't want to waste it thinking about clothing. I don't want to think… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
In order not to be misunderstood, I want it perfectly clear that I believe it is incumbent on us to conduct our… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
A hundred years from now, people will look back on us and laugh. They'll say, 'You know what people used to believe?… — 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
