“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 beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch with the realities of its existence, it becomes exinct.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Congo
“It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Congo
“His management philosophy, tempered in his rain-dancing days, was always to give the project to whoever had the most to gain from success--or the most to lose from failure.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Congo
“Today we are surrounded by man and his creations. Man is inescapable, everywhere on the globe, and nature is a fantasy, a dream of the past, long gone.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Congo
Michael Crichton
Born place: in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
Born date October 23, 1942
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“Outsiders don’t understand the enfeebling self-consciousness of political debate on the middle-class liberal-left: they can’t imagine the thoughts strangled and tongues bitten to avoid giving the smallest offence to audiences overanxious to find it.”
― quote from What's Left?
“وجدت الصلابة تربة خصبة في قلوب الفلسطينيين, وبذرت بذور المقاومة ونَمَتْ تحت جلودهم.أصبحت القدرة على الاحتمال
السمةَ المميزة لمجتمع اللاجئين,لكنهم دفعوا الثمن غالياً ... لقد ضحُّوا برقَّة الإحساس. تعلَّموا أن يحتفلوا بالاستشهاد,
فالاستشهاد وحده هو الذي يقدَّم الحرية.”
― Susan Abulhawa, quote from Mornings in Jenin
“Any powerful idea is absolutely fascinating and absolutely useless until you decide to put it to work.”
― Richard Bach, quote from Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul
“All I can see is you. Why can't you understand that? No one shines as bright as you in the sky I'm looking at. To me there is no sun, no moon, and no stars in the sky, just endless miles of storm clouds and pretty, pretty gray.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Nash
“The letters Y, E and S danced on my tongue and shimmied between my teeth.”
― Gabrielle Tozer, quote from The Intern
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