I want a news service that tells me what no one knows but is true nonetheless. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Nobody smart knows what they want to do until they get into their twenties or thirties. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Do you want to understand how to swim, or do you want to jump in and start swimming? Only people who are… — 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
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
Right now, scientists are in exactly the same position as Renaissance painters, commissioned to make the portrait the patron wants done, And… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
In order not to be misunderstood, I want it perfectly clear that I believe it is incumbent on us to conduct our… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
In other centuries, human beings wanted to be saved, or improved, or freed, or educated. But in our century, they want to… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The truth is, almost nobody wants to experience real nature. What people want is to spend a week or two in a… — 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
