“Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“The risk is too great. A man cannot place too much faith in any one thing, neither a woman, nor a horse, nor a weapon, nor any single thing.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“Each person bears a fear which is special to him. One man fears a close space and another man fears drowning; each laughs at the other and calls him stupid. Thus fear is only a preference, to be counted the same as the preference for one woman or another, or mutton for pig, or cabbage for onion.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“Animals die, friends die, and I shall die, but one thing never dies, and that is the reputation we leave behind at our death.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“ليس هناك والله خوف أعظم نت خوف الانسان حين لا يعرف السبب”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“Herger said to me, "Be thankful, for you are fortunate."
I inquired the source of my fortune. Herger said in reply, "If you have the fear of high places, than this day you shall overcome it; and so you shall have faced a great challenge; and so you shall be adjudged a hero.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“تتوقف الأشياء الغربية عن أن تكون كذلك بفعل التكرار”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“...thus do strange things cease to be strange upon repetition.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“يجب أن يكون الانسان حكيما باعتدال ولكن ليس مفرط الحكمة حتى لا يعرف قدره مسبقا”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“In the eyes of all of them was the hollow stare of fear, and there was hollowness in their merriment, too.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“Yet I have discovered that if all those around you believe some particular thing, you will soon be tempted to share in that belief...”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“يردد أهل الشمال مثلا شعبيا يقول : " انظر خلفك " وهم يعتقدون بأن على كل انسان أن يكون مهيئا دائما لان يدافع عن نفسه”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“You have done the work of a mere man," the tengol continued, “and not a proper hero. A hero does what no man dares to undertake.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“وأخيرًا قلتُ لهرغر: المطر بارد.
فضحك ثم قال: كيف يمكن أن يكون المطر باردًا؟! أنت البارد وأنت التعيس! أما المطر فليس باردًا ولا تعيسًا.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“Herger said to me, “Be thankful, for you are fortunate.” I inquired the source of my fortune. Herger said in reply, “If you have the fear of high places, then this day you shall overcome it; and so you shall have faced a great challenge; and so you shall be adjudged a hero.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“The meaning of these discoveries has not yet been sorted out, but it is certainly now impossible to regard the prehistoric Europeans as savages idly”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
“The meaning of these discoveries has not yet been sorted out, but it is certainly now impossible to regard the prehistoric Europeans as savages idly awaiting the blessings of Eastern civilization.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Eaters of the Dead
Michael Crichton
Born place: in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
Born date October 23, 1942
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“Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you are destined for. But do not hurry the journey at all. Better if it lasts for years, so you are old by the time you reach the island, wealthy with all you have gained on the way, not expecting Ithaka to make you rich. Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey. Without her you would not have set out. . . ”
― quote from The Rocks
“[D]id you ever notice how friendships are a lot like pop songs? They are for girls, anyway. First there's the newness of it, the melody that streams into your head and makes you wonder ― will I like this song? Then come the vocals, what the song's heart truly sounds like, and with it the song's purpose, it's lyrics ― will they say something meaningful about my life? Will these words help me through a difficult time, or create a memory that will make me smile whenever I hear this song again?”
― Brando Skyhorse, quote from The Madonnas of Echo Park
“What's wrong with mistakes? Not that I'd know. No one's ever let me make any.”
― Lisi Harrison, quote from Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way
“Time and mood were always regulated by Dad. Our whole family was set to the thermostat, boiling or freezing, inside of him. When”
― Andie Mitchell, quote from It Was Me All Along
“The room was modern, but there was something about the arrangement of so much gleaming steel, the careful placement on the counters of jars and dishes, that looked timeless.”
― Sharon J. Bolton, quote from Now You See Me
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