A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time. Michael Crichton More Quotes by Michael Crichton More Quotes From Michael Crichton The extreme positions of the Crossfire Syndrome require extreme simplification - framing the debate in terms which ignore the real issues. Michael Crichton debateissuesreal Physics was the first of the natural sciences to become fully modern and highly mathematical.Chemistry followed in the wake of physics, but biology, the retarded child, lagged far behind. Michael Crichton chemistrychildrenfirsts Nobody wants to feel they're not a rebel. Michael Crichton rebelwantfeels In a media-saturated world, persistent hype lends unwarranted credulity to the wildest claims. Michael Crichton hypemediaworld In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results. Michael Crichton consensusrelevantresults The past history of human belief is a cautionary tale. We have killed thousands of our fellow human beings because we believed they had signed a contract with the devil, and had become witches. We still kill more than a thousand people each year for witchcraft. In my view, there is only one hope for humankind to emerge from what Carl Sagan called "the demon-haunted world" of our past. That hope is science. Michael Crichton sciencepastyears God creates dinosaurs, God kills dinosaurs, God creates man, man kills God, man brings back dinosaurs. Michael Crichton jurassic-parkmenscience Absence of proof is not proof of absence. Michael Crichton I'd rather see artificial intelligence than no intelligence. Michael Crichton artificial-intelligenceintelligence Instead of writing thrillers to pay for my train bills, I was actually now going to medical school in order to have something to write about. Michael Crichton medical-schoolmedicalwritingschool 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. Michael Crichton viewneverthinkupset 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. Michael Crichton differencefriendsredpolitical One of the things that Americans, as a multiracial society, feel is a tremendous sensitivity to racial comments of all kinds. Michael Crichton racialfeelthingssociety 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. Michael Crichton solutionwillthinkchange 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. Michael Crichton doingattentioncountryworld In the postwar period, Americans turned away from quality as the principal goal of manufacturing and made cost the principal goal. Japanese, restructuring their companies, made exactly the opposite decision. Michael Crichton oppositeprincipalqualitydecision There is an idea of, you know, informing people about some emerging things. And part of that is just a reflection of my own interest, following different areas and saying, you know, look what they're doing now. Michael Crichton lookyoureflectionpeople I am now very interested in computer technology as it is used currently to make games. I think this technology is very powerful and could be used in new ways. Michael Crichton i-amnewthinktechnology
