Michael Crichton

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

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

They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.

Discovery they believe is inevitable. So they just try to do it first. Thats the game in science.

And entertainment has nothing to do with reality. Entertainment is antithetical to reality.

In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought.

The American media produce a product of very poor quality. Its information is not reliable, it has too much chrome and glitz, its doors rattle, it breaks down almost immediately, and it's sold without warranty. It's flashy, but it's basically junk.

Discovery is always rape of the natural world. Always.

The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.'

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

The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief.

It's not easy to cut through a human head with a hacksaw.

Raising children is, in a sense, the reason the society exists in the first place. It's the most important thing that happens, and it's the culmination of all the tools and language and social structure that has evolved.

Human beings never think for themselves; they find it too uncomfortable. 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.

The nasty little apes that call themselves human beings can do nothing except run and hide.

We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.

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.

I want a news service that tells me what no one knows but is true nonetheless.

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.

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

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

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

The academic world was marching toward ever more specialized knowledge, expressed in ever more dense jargon.

We need to get environmentalism out of the sphere of religion. We need to stop the mythic fantasies and we need to stop the doomsday predictions. We need to start doing hard science instead.

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