Lighthousekeeping Quotes


Everyone has a hidden agenda. Except me! Michael Crichton Inspirational 168
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 Already 156
Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice. Michael Crichton Bigotry 140
God creates dinosaurs God kills dinosaurs God creates man man kills God man brings back dinosaurs. Michael Crichton Science 108
Nobody dares to solve the problemsbecause the solution might contradict your philosophy and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important than succeeding in the world. Michael Crichton Science fiction 86
If you dont know history then you dont know anything. You are a leaf that doesnt know it is part of a tree. Michael Crichton History 86
Readers probably haven't heard much about it yet, but they will. Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down. Michael Crichton Technology 84
For our own species evolution occurs mostly through our behavior. We innovate new behavior to adapt. Michael Crichton Evolution 84
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 Evolution 80
I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood. Michael Crichton Accident 77
Discovery is always rape of the natural world. Always. Michael Crichton Science 76
I am certain there is too much certainty in the world. Michael Crichton Certain 70
You know whats wrong with scientific power Its a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are. Michael Crichton Science 69
La actual preocupacin casi histrica por la seguridad es en el mejor de los casos un derroche de recursos y un obstculo para el espritu humano y en el peor de los casos una invitacin al totalitarismo. Se necesita con urgencia educacin pblica. Michael Crichton Education 68
False fears are a plague a modern plague Michael Crichton Sociology 65
Power is neither male or female. Michael Crichton Power 62
Sometimes I look around my living room and the most real thing in the room is the television. Its bright and vivid and the rest of my life looks drab. So I turn the damn thing off. That does it every time. Get my life back. Michael Crichton Television 61
They didnt understand what they were doing. Im afraid that will be on the tombstone of the human race. Michael Crichton Understanding 60
They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something. Michael Crichton Focused 60
Science is as corruptible a human activity as any other. Michael Crichton Psychology 57
Geniuses never pay attention. Michael Crichton Psychology 57
Raising children is in a sense the reason the society exists in the first place. Its the most important thing that happens and its the culmination of all the tools and language and social structure that has evolved. Michael Crichton Culture 56
At the edge of chaos unexpected outcomes occur. The risk to survival is severe. Michael Crichton Survival 49
Nobody smart knows what they want to do until they get into their twenties or thirties. Michael Crichton Maturity 46
Although personally I think cyberspace means the end of our species. Michael Crichton Mathematics 43
All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time probably ninetyfive percent of the time what theyll tell you will be wrong. Michael Crichton Advice 41
Its hard to decide whos truly brilliant its easier to see whos driven which in the long run may be more important. Michael Crichton Intelligence 39
All human behavior has a reason. All behavior is solving a problem. Michael Crichton Psychology 39
Books arent written theyre rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept especially after the seventh rewrite hasnt quite done it. Michael Crichton On writing 38
Sometimes women scare the hell out of me. Michael Crichton Women 38
All your life other people will try to take your accomplishments away from you. Dont you take it away from yourself. Michael Crichton Pride 36
Friendships are nice. So is competence. Michael Crichton Relationships 34
We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so. Michael Crichton Human nature 33
Increasingly the mathematics will demand the courage to face its implications. Michael Crichton Mathematics 33
...we havent had any accidents for months now...Everything on that island is perfectly fine. Michael Crichton Fiction 31
Life is wonderful. Its a gift to be alive to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isnt really anything else. Michael Crichton Inspirational life 31
Nobody is driven by abstractions like seeking truth. Michael Crichton Cynicism 31
A man can see by starlight if he takes the time. Michael Crichton Determination 31
Expectation works in mysterious waysand totally unconsciously. Michael Crichton Psychology 30
When you have a strongly held belief dont you think its important to express that belief accurately Michael Crichton Language 27
The risk is too great. A man cannot place too much faith in any one thing neither a woman nor a horse nor a weapon nor any single thing. Michael Crichton Quote 25
You are the reason why he exists on this earth. You dont have the right to abandon him just because hes inconvenient or has trouble in school. Michael Crichton Parenting 23

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