Author of quotes: Michael Crichton. Page 3

We imagine that any sudden change is something beyond the normal, beyond the usual order of things. Unfortunate accident, like a car accident. Or something beyond our control - like a deadly disease. We do not wish to acknowledge that a sudden, dramatic and unpredictable changes is actually naturally embedded in the fabric of existence.

Real life is a chain of successive interrelated events that appear one after the other like beads on a string.

... the whole history of evolution is a description of how different life forms had to overcome various restrictions. Life is constantly torn to freedom. Life extends to the new territory. It is not painless, sometimes even at the risk of life itself - but life somehow finds a way to succeed.

Paris is just a pleasure Park. However, entertainment is too expensive there, and the servants - an unpleasant, surly person.

Life is short and the DNA is so long... If you want to make a name for yourself, if you do want to do something significant in science - stay away from these universities, that's my advice.

... between entertainment and reality have nothing in common. Entertainment is, in a sense, the opposite of reality.

... children love dinosaurs due to the fact that these giant creatures - the embodiment of incredible power and ultimate power. Dinosaurs subconsciously associate them with the image of the parents. It's the perfect symbolic parents - mysterious, alluring and frightening. And kids truly love them like you love your parents.

In our society, overloaded with information, almost nobody thinks with his head. We ought to shy away from unnecessary papers, and we shrug off the thoughts.

I really appreciate my life and my time and don't want to waste, to think about clothes. I don't want to think every day about what I wear the next morning. And anyway, in my opinion, there is nothing more boring fashion. Is that a professional sport. To think that adults play with each other in the ball, and the rest of the world pays big money for that, they applaud. But in General, fashion is even more boring sport. And tedious.

With rich people had the same problem - they have invested money in science, but didn't know exactly what this branch of science is capable of.

The idea is to connect the whole world through the communication cables, is the idea of total destruction. Every biologist knows that a small group of living beings, once in isolation, evolyutsioniruet faster. Put a thousand birds on the island in the ocean, and their development will be accelerated rate. Put ten thousand in the vast continent, and their evolution will slow down. As for our own species, then evolution is primarily manifested in our behavior. To adapt, we adopt a new model of behavior, a new way of life. And every person on Earth knows that innovation only accepts small groups of individuals. Elect a Committee of three people - and maybe they will be able to do something. Take this same ten - and it will go much slower. And if the Committee will consist of thirty people, they did not create. At thirty millions, every thing will be absolutely impossible. Such is the influence of mass, mass production - they do not allow anything to happen. Mass kills diversity, it makes all places are different from one another. Whether you are in Bangkok, London or Tokyo - in one corner you will see McDonalds on the other - "Benetton" and crossing the street, run into a "Samsung". The differences between countries disappear. In General, any differences disappear. In the world of mass production almost nothing is left except a dozen of books, movies and sayings, occupying the top places in the League table. People are worried that in the rain forests disappear diverse, unique flora and fauna. What about intellectual diversity - our most vital resource? He is exhausted much faster than forests. But we don't think about it, because now we intend to create a virtual space so that we can bring together five billion people. It will freeze the entire evolution of the species. Any forward movement will cease. Everyone will encounter the same thoughts. World monotony.

Even abstract scientific discovery is an act of aggression such as breaking... the Discovery is always a rape of the environment. Always!

From the point of view of a business person, to help people is very risky...

Science can explain how to build a nuclear reactor, but will not tell you what to build it should not be.