"Scientific research was much like prospecting: you went……" — Michael Crichton
"Scientific research was much like prospecting: you went out and you hunted, armed with your maps and instruments, but in the ened your preparations did not matter, or even your intuition. You needed your luck, and whatever benefits accrued to the diligent, through sheer, grinding hard work."
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Michael Crichton
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152 Quotes by Michael Crichton
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It takes enormous effort to avoid all theories and just see.
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Human beings never think for themselves... For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and…
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In my view, our approach to global warming exemplifies everything that is wrong with our approach to the environment. We…
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That's human nature. Nobody does anything until it's too late.
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Reality is always greater - much greater - than what we know, than whatever we can say about it.
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In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought.
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Cure the symptoms, cure the disease.
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Auschwitz exists because of politicized science.
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I was raised with the idea that if you're not smart enough to do science you can do politics.
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Theories are just fantasies. And they change.
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The work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the…
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In truth, one of our company, the solemn warrior Ecthgow, was so demented from liquor that he was drunk while…
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The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I…
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I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable…
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I've accrued a kind of patience, I believe, loosely like change.
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I couldn't help but think, as I watched him, of the barrels of toxic fluids that had accrued behind Hal's…
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And if I lose, I can never excuse myself til I grow old, sit back and accrued my wealth.
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