Grant knew that people could not imagine geological time. Human life was lived on another scale of time entirely. An apple turned… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Physics was the first of the natural sciences to become fully modern and highly mathematical.Chemistry followed in the wake of physics, but… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“The technician consulted the enclosed documents. “Lizard is biting local children. They have a question about identification of the species, and a… — 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
“Kids are more advanced these days. The teenage years now start at 11.” — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“Because raising children is, in a sense, the reason the society exists in the first place.” — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“As foolish, and as misguided, as the child who jumps off a building because he believes he can fly.” — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“There's one problem with all psychological knowledge - nobody can apply it to themselves. People can be incredibly astute about the shortcomings… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Raising children is, in a sense, the reason the society exists in the first place. It's the most important thing that happens,… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Kids didn't have huge backpacks when I was their age. We didn't have backpacks at all. Now it seemed all the kids… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Although knowledge of how things work is sufficient to allow manipulation of nature, what humans really want to know is why things… — 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
