The best Quotes by Michael Crichton

Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

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Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world. The disarray. I choose to see the beauty.

Dolores Abernathy in Westworld - Season 1 Episode 1

Clementine: "You're new, I give you a discount."
Teddy: "No offence, darling, I rather earn a woman's affection than paying for it."
Maeve Millay: "You're always paying for it, darling."

Maeve Millay in Westworld - Season 1 Episode 1

And then I realize, winning doesn't mean anything until someone looses. Which means, you're here to loose.

Man in Black in Westworld - Season 1 Episode 1

We're racing toward the extinction of our species. We not only lack dominion over nature, we're subordinate to it.

Jurassic Park - Jurassic World 3: Dominion

The world has just changed so radically, and we're all running to catch up.

Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park

Change

Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions.

Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park - III

Morality

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.

Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park

These creatures require our absence to survive, not our help. And if we could only step aside and trust in nature, life will find a way.

John Hammond in Jurassic Park - The Lost World

Nature & Environment

Ian Malcolm: "I told the truth."
Peter Ludlow: "Your version of it."
Ian Malcolm: "There are no versions of the truth."

Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park - The Lost World

Truth

John Hammond: "There is no doubt our attractions will drive kids out of their minds."
Dr. Alan Grant: "What are those?"
Ellie Sattler: "Small versions of adults, honey."

Ellie Sattler in Jurassic Park

T-Rex doesn't want to be fed. He wants to hunt. Can't just suppress 65 million years of gut instinct.

Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park

Ian: "I love kids. Anything at all can and does happen. Same with wives, for that matter."
Alan: "You're married?"
Ian: "Occasionally. Yeah, I'm always on the lookout for a future ex-Mrs. Malcolm."

Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park

God help us, we're in the hands of engineers.

Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park

The key to a happy life is to accept you are never actually in control.

Simon Masrani in Jurassic Park - Jurassic World

That's L.A. They worship everything and they value nothing.

Sebastian Wilder in La La Land

Los Angeles

Welcome to a city where people trying to disappear aren't actually trying.

Joe Goldberg in You - Season 2 Episode 2

Los Angeles

I lived in L.A. for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it.

Catherine O'Hara

Los Angeles

Linda: "Why did you decide to come to Los Angeles?"
Lucifer: "The same reason as everyone else: the weather, p*rnstars, Mexican food."

Lucifer Morningstar in Lucifer - Season 1 Episode 3

Los Angeles

People here in Los Angeles are disgusted now about a sex scandal involving Arnold Schwarzenegger. Apparently for seven years, he carried on a sexual relationship with his own wife.

Craig Kilborn

Los Angeles

You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.

Ralph Kiner

Chicago

Why are there so many Latina's in Illinois?
Because that's where the Chica go.

Chicago Illinois

Take me away, like I overdosed on cocaine
Or take me away like a bullet from Kurt Cobain, suicide
I'm from a windy city like Do or Die

The Game - My Life, Album: LAX

Kurt Cobain Chicago

You can leave Chicago, but it will never leave you.

Chicago

Village idiot? Hello, Chicago is a city, not a village, and the best city in the world!

Lydia Berman in Thunder Force

Chicago

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Illinois - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Illinois

Quantum physics makes me so happy. It's like looking at the universe naked.

Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory - Season 5 Episode 20

Universe Physics Quantum Mechanics

I am nervous about the impact AI is going to have on future elections. Personalized 1:1 persuasion, combined with high-quality generated media, is going to be a powerful force.

Sam Altman - September 2022

Artificial Intelligence Elections & Voting

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

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