Michael Crichton Quotes

We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so. We never seem to acknowledge that we have been wrong in the past, and so might be wrong in the future. Instead, each generation writes off earlier errors as the result of bad thinking by less able minds - and then confidently embarks on fresh errors of its own.

Michael Crichton

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• California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.

  

  Ed Begley, Jr.
  • California
  • Environmental

• You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
  • Career
  • Know
  • Blessed

• After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.

  

  Becca Fitzpatrick
  • Long
  • Mind
  • Running

• What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.

  

  Fiona Shaw
  • Money
  • Done
  • True

• Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • English
  • Baseball
  • Italian

• Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I did was put my little basil plants in the ground and watch them turn into big, healthy bushes.

  

  Frances Mayes
  • Different
  • Food
  • Eyes

• I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.

  

  Earl King
  • Jump
  • Head
  • Gymnastics

• Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Life
  • Truth
  • Arts

• Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • World
  • End
  • Nothing

• MacAllister wasn’t always right, but he was smart enough to know that. He was willing to change his mind when the evidence pointed in a different direction. That fact alone put MacAllister very nearly in a class by himself.

  

  Jack McDevitt
  • Different
  • Mind
  • Alone

• In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

  

  Alexis de Tocqueville

• 79: A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.

  

  Alan Perlis
  • God
  • Believe

• Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

  

  Dorothy Height
  • Life
  • Important
  • Strong

• The character of Johnny Drama was a lot of fun to play.

  

  Kevin Dillon
  • Character
  • Fun
  • Drama

• I love films that make me react emotionally and physically when you walk out of the cinema. Two of my favorite films however have got to be 'The Tree Of Life' and 'The Piano Teacher,' which also stars one of my favourite actresses Isabelle Huppert.

  

  Alicia Vikander
  • Life
  • Teacher
  • Tree

• Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

  

  Mary McCarthy

• Here’s the million-dollar question: how are you going to write this book if you’re afraid to start writing? Give your friend Doubt a name, and then block his calls.

  

  Kami Garcia
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Question

• People have said to me, 'Why don't you change your name?' And I've said, 'Fine, come up with a better name and we'll change it.' But no one has done that.

  

  Bill Bright
  • People
  • Change
  • Name

• I had a very big crush on Errol Flynn during 'Captain Blood.' I thought he was absolutely smashing for three solid years, but he never guessed. Then he had one on me but nothing came of it. I'm not going to regret that; it could have ruined my life.

  

  Olivia De Havilland
  • Life
  • Thought
  • Regret

• In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed.

  

  Luke Ford
  • Time

• Korean films have always been distributed to international audiences as arthouse films.

  

  Kim Jee-woon

• We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so. We never seem to acknowledge that we have been wrong in the past, and so might be wrong in the future. Instead, each generation writes off earlier errors as the result of bad thinking by less able minds - and then confidently embarks on fresh errors of its own.

  

  Michael Crichton
  • Thinking
  • Writing
  • Generations