Quotes by Michael Crichton

• Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.
• We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas.
• They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.
• Readers probably haven't heard much about it yet, but they will. Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down.
• I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood.
• I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.
• 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.
• 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.
• In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought.
• The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief.