Business Quotes by Michael Crichton

11 Business quotes by Michael Crichton

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Michael Crichton’s Business quotes, though a short list, fuse his sci‑fi curiosity with commentary on corporate tech and innovation. This eleven‑item set offers a brisk glimpse into his forward‑thinking take on commerce.

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Science is the business of generating testable hypotheses.

Michael Crichton

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Only assholes put a nickname on their business card.

Michael Crichton

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One of the most difficult things for a writer in this business to accept is the uncertain fate of one's work.

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“You have to realize, all these decisions are about power. Sexual harassment is about power, and so is the company’s resistance to…

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Science is a kind of glorified tailoring enterprise, a method for taking measurements that describe something ? reality ? that may not…

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In truth, one of our company, the solemn warrior Ecthgow, was so demented from liquor that he was drunk while still upon…

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Science is the most exciting and sustained enterprise of discovery in the history of our species. It is the great adventure of…

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“This, in essence, is the problem with the scientific view of reality. Science is a kind of glorified tailoring enterprise, a method…

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“Today, everybody expects to be entertained, and they expect to be entertained all the time. Business meetings must be snappy, with bullet…

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“In the past, pure scientists took a snobbish view of business. They saw the pursuit of money as intellectually uninteresting, suited only…

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The work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires…

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They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.

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“it is important to recognize that the behavior of the two antagonists mirrors each other, like a Rorschach inkblot. The value of a Rorschach…

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Exercise invigorates the body and sharpens the mind.

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Social control is best managed through fear.

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They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens.

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Friendships are nice. So is competence.

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I can tell you that second hand smoke is not a health hazard to anyone and never was, and the EPA has always known…

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As the practical value of altering consciousness becomes recognized, procedures to effect these alterations will become increasingly ordinary and unremarkable. The whole concept of…

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