“Science is as corruptible a human activity as any other.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
“A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
“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, quote from Next
“The ultimate lesson is that science isn’t special – at least not anymore. Maybe back when Einstein talked to Niels Bohr, and there were only a few dozen important workers in every field. But there are now three million researchers in America. It’s no longer a calling, it’s a career. Science is as corruptible a human activity as any other. Its practitioners aren’t saints, they’re human beings, and they do what human beings do – lie, cheat, steal from one another, sue, hide data, fake data, overstate their own importance and denigrate opposing views unfairly. That’s human nature. It isn’t going to change”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
“Only assholes put a nickname on their business card.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
“The truth was, the more he got portrayed as an unprincipled, ruthless prick, the more clients flocked to him. Because when it came to divorce, people wanted a ruthless prick. They lined up for one.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
“Whether you see the world as emergent or, deteriorating. We have long known that some people favor innovation and look positively toward the future while others are frightened of change and want to halt innovation.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
“Algunos analistas de medios de comunicación han advertido que en los informativos de hoy en día no se comprueba nada de nada. "Se redacta la noticia y se busca una nueva", afirma un periodista. Otro colega ha opinado, a condición de que no se revele su identidad: "Hay que reconocer que era una notición. Si se hubiera comprobado, no habría habido noticia".”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
“Algunos analistas de medios de comunicación han advertido que en los informativos de hoy en día no se comprueba nada de nada. <>, afirma un periodista. Otro colega ha opinado, a condición de que no se revele su identidad: <>.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
“That is a transgenic animal. If he escapes he may transmit his genes to other parrots.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
“The gene,” Dr. Narcejac-Boileau said, “is associated with social dominance and strong control over other people. We have isolated it in sports leaders, CEOs, and heads of state. We believe the gene is found in all dictators throughout history.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
“Going back to the 1920s, when Stalin ordered the most famous animal breeder in Russia to do it, to make a new race of soldiers for him. His name was Ivanov,”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
“Clearly, Valdez was an apologist for the industrialists and polluters, the big American companies that dominated Costa Rica and other Latin American countries. Not surprising to find such a person here, since the CIA had controlled Costa Rica for decades. This wasn’t a country; it was a subsidiary of American business interests. And American businesses did not give a damn for the environment.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
Michael Crichton
Born place: in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
Born date October 23, 1942
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“The prospect of one day being hauled out of the canal by yet another old enemy was hard for France to swallow, even more so when British and French defence specialists discussed their exit strategy in case of an overwhelming Soviet attack, and the Brits proposed a massive evacuation via Dunkirk.”
― Stephen Clarke, quote from 1000 Years of Annoying the French
“All marriages have their bad sides, because people have weaknesses. If you live with another human being you learn to handle these weaknesses in a variety of ways. For instance, you might take the view that weaknesses are a bit like heavy pieces of furniture, and based on this you must learn to clean around them. To maintain the illusion.”
― Fredrik Backman, quote from Britt-Marie Was Here
“When we think back on our past sensations and feelings, our thought is a faithful mirror that copies its objects truly; but it does so in colours that are fainter and more washed-out than those in which our original perceptions were clothed.”
― David Hume, quote from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
“Everyone has that moment, I think, the moment when something so...momentous happens that it rips your very being into small pieces. And then you have to stop. For a long time, you gather your pieces. And it takes such a very long time, not to fit them back together, but to assemble them in a new way, not necessarily a better way. More, a way you can live with until you know for certain that this piece should go there, and that one there.”
― Kathleen Glasgow, quote from Girl in Pieces
“It had been a slow and painful business, discovering that the theory of love did not match the reality of life. It was like expecting to be able to write a symphony because you had once read a handbook of composition.”
― Julian Barnes, quote from The Noise of Time
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