Species Quotes by Michael Crichton

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

— Michael Crichton

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

“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

Exercise invigorates the body and sharpens the mind.

— Michael Crichton

Social control is best managed through fear.

— Michael Crichton

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

— Michael Crichton

Friendships are nice. So is competence.

— Michael Crichton

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

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

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

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

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

One of the things that Americans, as a multiracial society, feel is a tremendous sensitivity to racial comments of all kinds.

— Michael Crichton

Nobody smart knows what they want to do until they get into their twenties or thirties.

— Michael Crichton

This fascination with computer models is something I understand very well. Richard Feynmann called it a disease. I fear he is right.

— Michael Crichton