And entertainment has nothing to do with reality. Entertainment is antithetical to reality. Michael Crichton More Quotes by Michael Crichton More Quotes From Michael Crichton Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way. Michael Crichton territoryevolutionway Sometimes I think man needs to feel a special position within nature, and this leads him to believe that he is either specially hated by other animals or specially cherished. Instead of the truth, which is that he's just another animal on the plain. A smart one, but just another animal. Michael Crichton smartmenbelieve The doctor is not a miracle worker who can magically save us but, rather, an expert adviser who can assist us in our own recovery. Michael Crichton recoverydoctorsmiracle The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda. Michael Crichton fantasychallengesreality I operate under the assumption that the mass media will never be accurate. ... It operates with the objective to simplify and exaggerate, which is exactly what Walt Disney told his cartoonists. Michael Crichton propagandaassumptionmedia I am certain there is too much certainty in the world. Michael Crichton movieinspiringworld The minute we look, we cease being afraid. Michael Crichton being-afraidminuteslooks I was raised with the idea that if you're not smart enough to do science you can do politics. Michael Crichton smartpoliticalideas In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story-and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read with renewed interest as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about far-off Palestine than it was about the story you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know. Michael Crichton amusementerrorsstories We live in a world of frightful givens. It is given that you will behave like this, given that you will care about that. No one thinks about the givens. Isn't it amazing? In the information society, nobody thinks. We expected to banish paper, but we actually banished thought. Michael Crichton fearworldthinking If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. Michael Crichton familylifehistory Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly. In academia, speculation is usually dignified as theory. Michael Crichton academiavirtueintellectual The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us. Michael Crichton survivedplanets The system didn't screw you. The system revealed you. Michael Crichton screw-youscrews 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. Michael Crichton importanttoolschildren Like all trial attorneys, he knew the importance of not dressing too well. Michael Crichton attorneyimportancetrials You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct. Michael Crichton wellsshouldanimal A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time. Michael Crichton starlightdeterminationmen Increasingly, people perceive no difference between the narcissistic self-serving reporters asking questions, and the narcissistic self-serving politicians who evade them. Michael Crichton asking-questionsdifferencesself I eventually realized that direct experience is the most valuable experience I can have. Western man is so surrounded by ideas, so bombarded with opinions, concepts, and information structures of all sorts, that it becomes difficult to experience anything without the intervening filter of these structures. Michael Crichton filtersmenideas
