Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Michael Crichton (American Novelist)

Michael Crichton (1942–2008,) fully John Michael Crichton, was an American author, screenwriter, and filmmaker renowned for pioneering the science fiction and techno-thriller genres. His meticulously researched thrillers, such as Jurassic Park, often delved into the consequences of advancing technology, many of which were adapted into successful films.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Crichton graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1964 with a major in biological anthropology. He later became a visiting lecturer in anthropology at the University of Cambridge. In 1965, he returned to Harvard to earn a medical degree. At Harvard, Crichton published his first novel, The Andromeda Strain (1969,) a gripping tale of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism, exploring the aftermath of a biological weaponry research program gone awry. This work highlighted his remarkable ability to blend science and suspense, setting the stage for a string of future successes.

Crichton continued to merge innovative science with compelling narratives in bestsellers such as The Terminal Man (1972; film 1974,) Congo (1980; film 1995,) Timeline (1999,) and State of Fear (2004.) Jurassic Park achieved global acclaim, spawning a blockbuster film franchise. His versatility extended to filmmaking with notable titles like Westworld (1973,) The Great Train Robbery (1972; film 1979,) Coma (1978,) and Runaway (1984,) enhancing the authenticity of his stories through his background in medicine and science.

Crichton’s literary legacy extended posthumously with the release of Pirate Latitudes (2009,) an exploration of 17th-century pirates, and Dragon Teeth (2017,) which transported readers to the fierce rivalry between paleontologists in the 1800s American West. He also chronicled his passion for travel and adventure in the autobiographical work Travels (1988.)

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Life is wonderful. It’s a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn’t really anything else.
—Michael Crichton

And if we allow science to become politicized, then we are lost. We will enter the Internet version of the dark ages, an era of shifting fears and wild prejudices, transmitted to people who don’t know any better.
—Michael Crichton

In other centuries, human beings wanted to be saved, or improved, or freed, or educated. But in our century, they want to be entertained.
—Michael Crichton

I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood. On why he gave up medicine.
—Michael Crichton
Topics: Doctors

The notion that the natural world obeys its own rules and doesn’t give a damn about your expectations comes as a massive shock… it will demand that you adapt to it
—Michael Crichton
Topics: Nature

The truth is, almost nobody wants to experience real nature. What people want is to spend a week or two in a cabin in the woods, with screens on the windows. They want a simplified life for a while, without all their stuff. Or a nice river rafting trip for a few days, with somebody else doing the cooking. Nobody wants to go back to nature in any real way, and nobody does. It’s all talk.
—Michael Crichton

The work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics.
Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are verifiable by reference to the real world. In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results. The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus.
There is no such thing as consensus science. If it’s consensus, it isn’t science. If it’s science, it isn’t consensus. Period.
—Michael Crichton
Topics: Science

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

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