They don't have intelligence. They have what I call 'thintelligence.' They see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Human beings are so destructive. I sometimes think we're a kind of plague, that will scrub the earth clean. We destroy things… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I was certain that some people, whether by accident of birth or some pecularity of training, could tune in to another source… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda. Perceiving the truth has always been… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Malcolm: A karate master does not kill people with his bare hands. He does not lose his temper and kill his wife.… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
We live in a world of frightful givens. It is given that you will behave like this, given that you will care… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
You think you can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity. . . . . We've been residents here for the blink of… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so. We never seem to acknowledge that we have been… — 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
Although personally, I think cyberspace means the end of our species. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I think every writer should have tattooed backwards on his forehead, like ambulance on ambulances, the words 'everybody needs an editor. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Human beings never think for themselves... For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset… — 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
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
When you have a strongly held belief, don't you think it's important to express that belief accurately? — 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
