Michael CrichtonGrant knew that people could not imagine geological time. Human life was lived on another scale of time entirely. An apple turned brown in a few minutes. Silverware turned black i… ▶371DeathHumanityLife
Michael CrichtonWe live in a world of frightful givens. It is given that you will behave like this, given that you will care about that. No one thinks about the givens. Isn't it amazing? In the i… ▶362HumanityThought
Michael CrichtonAt forty, I was too old to work as a programmer myself anymore; writing code is a young person’s job. ✨ Michael Crichton (2002). Prey362Humor
Michael CrichtonMorality must keep up with technology because if a person is faced with the choice of being moral and dead or immoral and alive, they'll choose life everytime. ✨ Michael Cri… ▶362DeathLifeReading
Michael CrichtonAnd that's how things are. A day is like a whole life. You start out doing one thing, but end up doing something else, plan to run an errand, but never get there. . . . And at the… ▶374LifeReading
Michael CrichtonMalcolm: A karate master does not kill people with his bare hands. He does not lose his temper and kill his wife. The person who kills is the person who has no discipline, no rest… ▶375HumanityPoliticsThought
Michael CrichtonHuman beings never think for themselves. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told - and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. T… ▶332HumanityReadingThought
Michael CrichtonThe past history of human belief is a cautionary tale. We have killed thousands of our fellow human beings because we believed they had signed a contract with the devil, and had b… ▶332HopeHumanityTime
Michael CrichtonThe planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us. ✨ Michael Crichton (1997). Michael Crichton's Jurassic World, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated321Time
Michael CrichtonThis fascination with computer models is something I understand very well. Richard Feynmann called it a disease. I fear he is right. ✨ Aliens Cause Global Warming. Michael C… ▶332Reflection
Michael CrichtonIt is especially difficult for modern people to conceive that our modern, scientific age might not be an improvement over the prescientific period. ✨ Michael Crichton (1999)… ▶343HumanityTime
Michael CrichtonHarassment is about power---the undue exercise of power by a superior over a subordinate. ✨ Michael Crichton (1996). Michael Crichton: Two Complete Novels, Wings366PoliticsReading
Michael CrichtonHe prays because he knows he doesn't control it. He's at the mercy of it. ✨ Michael Crichton (1997). Michael Crichton's Jurassic World, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated366Humor
Michael CrichtonDiscovery is always rape of the natural world. Always. ✨ Michael Crichton (1997). Michael Crichton's Jurassic World, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated344Humanity
Michael CrichtonWhen you have a strongly held belief, don't you think it's important to express that belief accurately?311Thought
Michael CrichtonThe greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda. Perceiving the truth has always been a challenge to mankind, … ▶311HumanityThoughtTruth
Michael CrichtonFor our own species, evolution occurs mostly through our behavior. We innovate new behavior to adapt. ✨ Michael Crichton (1997). The Lost World, Knopf334Truth
Michael CrichtonPeople were so naive about plants, Ellie thought. They just chose plants for appearance, as they would choose a picture for the wall. It never occurred to them that plants were ac… ▶378HumanityLifeThought
Michael CrichtonOnly assholes put a nickname on their business card.334Politics
Michael CrichtonWorking inspires inspiration. Keep working. If you succeed, keep working. If you fail, keep working. If you are interested, keep working. If you are bored, keep working.312Thought
Michael CrichtonMost areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly. In academia, speculation is usually dignified as theory.323Life
Michael CrichtonThe minute we look, we cease being afraid. ✨ Michael Crichton (2012). Travels, p.219, Vintage334Life
Michael CrichtonLet's be clear. The planet is not in jeopardy. We are in jeopardy. We haven't got the power to destroy the planet - or to save it. But we might have the power to save ourselves. <… ▶302Politics
Michael CrichtonThey didn't understand what they were doing. I'm afraid that will be on the tombstone of the human race. ✨ Michael Crichton (2003). Prey292Humanity
Michael CrichtonHuman beings are so destructive. I sometimes think we're a kind of plague, that will scrub the earth clean. We destroy things so well that I sometimes think, maybe that's our func… ▶347HumanityThoughtTime
Michael CrichtonThe system didn't screw you. The system revealed you. ✨ Michael Crichton (1996). Michael Crichton: Two Complete Novels, Wings281Reading
Michael CrichtonGod creates dinosaurs, God kills dinosaurs, God creates man, man kills God, man brings back dinosaurs.358Truth
Michael CrichtonYou are the reason why he exists on this earth. You don't have the right to abandon him just because he's inconvenient or has trouble in school.3710Love
Michael CrichtonIn the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought. ✨ Michael Crichton (1997). Michael Crichton's Jurassic World, Alfred a … ▶292HumanityThought
Michael CrichtonI am certain there is too much certainty in the world. ✨ State of Fear. Book by Michael Crichton, 2004.336PoliticsReading
