You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
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
“Like everything else I'd seen at Xymos, it was jerry-built, half-baked, concocted in a hurry to solve present problems and never a… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“My point is, there is always a cause for fear. The cause may change over time, but the fear is always with… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The experience of climbing Kilimanjaro affected me so powerfully that, for a long time afterward, if I caught myself saying, "I'm 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Conventional wisdom is invariably out of date.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
“Today, everybody expects to be entertained, and they expect to be entertained all the time. Business meetings must be snappy, with bullet… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The past history of human belief is a cautionary tale. We have killed thousands of our fellow human beings because we believed… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“In reality, time doesn't pass; we pass. Time itself is invariant. It just is. Therefore, past and future aren't separate locations, the… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“Photographs provided a tangible reality to men who were far from home, fearful and tired; they were posed proofs of success, souvenirs… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Sneaking up on it sometimes helps: I've found I can be very productive for an hour before dinner, because there obviously isn't… — 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
There is always a cause for fear. The cause may change over time, but the fear is always with us. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“In his blackest hours, Stone doubted the utility of all thought, and all intelligence. There were times he envied the laboratory rats… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“Now, what is interesting about this process is that, by the time someone has acquired the ability to kill with his bare… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Whatever it is you seek, you have to put in the time, the practice, the effort. You must give up a lot… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time, probably ninety-five percent of the time, what they'll tell… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“Malcolm said, “You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct. Don’t you have that… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“In the past, pure scientists took a snobbish view of business. They saw the pursuit of money as intellectually uninteresting, suited only… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us. — 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
