Quotes from Michael Crichton

Nobody wants to feel they're not a rebel.

When I have political discussions with my friends, I piss them off because my personal position is that there's no difference between the parties. It's the Red Sox and the Mets.

Unfortunately, our postwar policy has been to ask Japan to change so that our economic policies will dovetail. I think that is completely wrong. The solution is for America to change.

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 unreasonable to imagine that, at least as we're in a transition to a world economy, it's still necessary now to pay attention to how our country is doing economically in comparison with other countries.

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

At forty, I was too old to work as a programmer myself anymore; writing code is a young person's job.

One of the most difficult things for a writer in this business to accept is the uncertain fate of one's work.

I'd rather see artificial intelligence than no intelligence.

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

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.

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

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

Theories are just fantasies. And they change.

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

Social control is best managed through fear.

Life is hard, but it's harder if you're stupid.

You arrogant little snot (John Hammond)

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.

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

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

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

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

God creates dinosaurs, God kills dinosaurs, God creates man, man kills God, man brings back dinosaurs.