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Michael Crichton Quotes: "Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had."

Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Let'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."

Let'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.




Michael Crichton Quotes: "The extreme positions of the Crossfire Syndrome require extreme simplification - framing the debate in terms which ignore the real issues."

The extreme positions of the Crossfire Syndrome require extreme simplification - framing the debate in terms which ignore the real issues.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "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 quite done it."

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 quite done it.




Michael Crichton Quotes: "You think you can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity. . . . . We've been residents here for the blink of an eye. If we're gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us."

You think you can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity. . . . . We've been residents here for the blink of an eye. If we're gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn't really anything else."

Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn't really anything else.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "It's better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear."

It's better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.




Michael Crichton Quotes: "Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice."

Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Social control is best managed through fear."

Social control is best managed through fear.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way."

Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Harassment is about power---the undue exercise of power by a superior over a subordinate."

Harassment is about power---the undue exercise of power by a superior over a subordinate.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Keep working. Don't wait for inspiration. Work inspires inspiration. Keep working."

Keep working. Don't wait for inspiration. Work inspires inspiration. Keep working.




Michael Crichton Quotes: "I am certain there is too much certainty in the world."

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare."

The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "The doctor is not a miracle worker who can magically save us but, rather, an expert adviser who can assist us in our own recovery."

The doctor is not a miracle worker who can magically save us but, rather, an expert adviser who can assist us in our own recovery.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled."

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!"

Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!



Michael Crichton Quotes: "I was raised with the idea that if you're not smart enough to do science you can do politics."

I was raised with the idea that if you're not smart enough to do science you can do politics.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "The minute we look, we cease being afraid."

The minute we look, we cease being afraid.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda."

The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Working 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."

Working 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.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree."

If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time."

A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "The system didn't screw you. The system revealed you."

The system didn't screw you. The system revealed you.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas."

We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Science is as corruptible a human activity as any other."

Science is as corruptible a human activity as any other.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time, probably ninety-five percent of the time, what they'll tell you will be wrong."

All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time, probably ninety-five percent of the time, what they'll tell you will be wrong.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "All your life, other people will try to take your accomplishments away from you. Don't you take it away from yourself."

All your life, other people will try to take your accomplishments away from you. Don't you take it away from yourself.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly. In academia, speculation is usually dignified as theory."

Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly. In academia, speculation is usually dignified as theory.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "All human behavior has a reason. All behavior is solving a problem."

All human behavior has a reason. All behavior is solving a problem.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us."

The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Increasingly, people perceive no difference between the narcissistic self-serving reporters asking questions, and the narcissistic self-serving politicians who evade them."

Increasingly, people perceive no difference between the narcissistic self-serving reporters asking questions, and the narcissistic self-serving politicians who evade them.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "They didn't understand what they were doing. I'm afraid that will be on the tombstone of the human race."

They didn't understand what they were doing. I'm afraid that will be on the tombstone of the human race.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "I think every writer should have tattooed backwards on his forehead, like ambulance on ambulances, the words 'everybody needs an editor."

I think every writer should have tattooed backwards on his forehead, like ambulance on ambulances, the words 'everybody needs an editor.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood."

I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct."

You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough."

Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Life will find a way."

Life will find a way.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "I operate under the assumption that the mass media will never be accurate. ... It operates with the objective to simplify and exaggerate, which is exactly what Walt Disney told his cartoonists."

I operate under the assumption that the mass media will never be accurate. ... It operates with the objective to simplify and exaggerate, which is exactly what Walt Disney told his cartoonists.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Everyone has a hidden agenda. Except me!"

Everyone has a hidden agenda. Except me!



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Readers probably haven't heard much about it yet, but they will. Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down."

Readers probably haven't heard much about it yet, but they will. Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Like all trial attorneys, he knew the importance of not dressing too well."

Like all trial attorneys, he knew the importance of not dressing too well.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results."

In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Theories are just fantasies. And they change."

Theories are just fantasies. And they change.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "In our modern complex world, fundamentalism is dangerous because of its rigidity and its imperviousness to other ideas."

In our modern complex world, fundamentalism is dangerous because of its rigidity and its imperviousness to other ideas.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth."

Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "You 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."

You 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.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they’re not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse."

Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they’re not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse.



Michael Crichton Quotes: "When I get sick, I go to my doctor like everyone else. A doctor has powerful tools that may help me. Or those tools may hurt me, make me worse. I have to decide. It's my life. It's my responsibility."

When I get sick, I go to my doctor like everyone else. A doctor has powerful tools that may help me. Or those tools may hurt me, make me worse. I have to decide. It's my life. It's my responsibility.