Michael Crichton Quotes

"Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had."
- Michael Crichton
(Related: Being, Scientists)

"We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas."
- Michael Crichton
(Related: Ideas, Day)

"They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something."
- Michael Crichton

"Readers probably haven't heard much about it yet, but they will. Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down."
- Michael Crichton
(Related: Technology, Reality, Will)

"I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood."
- Michael Crichton
(Related: Accident, Blood, Victims)

"I am certain there is too much certainty in the world."
- Michael Crichton
(Related: Certainty, World)

"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."
- Michael Crichton
(Related: Debate, First)

"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."
- Michael Crichton
(Related: Books)

"In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought."
- Michael Crichton
(Related: Society, Thought, Information)

"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."
- Michael Crichton
(Related: Life, Faith, Belief, Reason, Universe, Years)