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Michael Crichton Quotes

Total quotes: 57
“Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”
— Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Science, Dangers of Science, Other Side of Progress, Ethics of Science
“He really is in love with himself. I thought it was just a summer thing.”
— Dr. Jo Harding, Twister
Tagged: Narcisissm
“[looking at a huge mound of dinosaur feces] That is one big pile of shit.”
— Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Shit, feces, dinosaur feces
“Tim: [after climbing down the tree to escape the falling car] I hate trees!

Lex: They don't bother me.

Tim: Oh. yeah? Well, you weren't in the last one!”
— Tim Murphy, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Trees
“[has tried to get rid of the Dilophosaurus by throwing a stick for it to fetch, which it ignores] Ah, no wonder you're extinct. I'm gonna run you over when I come back down!”
— Dennis Nedry, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Extinct, Threat
“[seeing the dinosaurs for the first time] You did it. You crazy son of a bitch, you did it.”
— Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Triumph
“She didn’t marry your penis...Okay, she didn’t only marry your penis.”
— Dr. Melissa Reeves, Twister
Tagged: penis, size queen
“[Crying with fright after a pair of tornados spun their truck around a few times]
When you used to tell me that you chase tornados, deep down I thought it was just a metaphor.”
— Dr. Melissa Reeves, Twister
Tagged: tornado chasing, Metaphor
“You’ve never seen it miss this house, and miss that house, and come after you!”
— Dr. Jo Harding, Twister
Tagged: Tornado
“All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time, probably ninety-five percent of the time, what they’ll tell you will be wrong.”
— Michael Crichton, The Lost World: A Novel
Tagged: self control, societal standards, Society, Self Care, Self-Trust, People, Life
“Dr. Alan Grant: I hate computers.

Dr. Ellie Sattler: The feeling's mutual.”
— Dr. Alan Grant, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Technophobia, computers
“That means they only eat vegetables, but for you, I think they'd make an exception.”
— Tim Murphy, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Vegetarians, Carnivores
“You'll have to get used to Dr. Malcolm, he suffers from a deplorable excess of personality, especially for a mathematician.”
— Tim, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Personality, Mathematician
“Dr. Ian Malcolm: God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.

Dr. Ellie Sattler: Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth.”
— Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Tagged: God, Dinosaurs, Women
“Dr. Ellie Sattler: So, what are you thinking?

Dr. Alan Grant: We're out of a job.

Dr. Ian Malcolm: Don't you mean extinct?”
— Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Tagged: unemployed, Extinct
“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, Jurassic Park
Tagged: T-Rex, Instinct
“We have all the problems of a major theme park and a major zoo and the computer's not even on its feet yet.”
— Arnold, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Problems, theme park, Zoo
“Dr. Alan Grant: Hammond, after careful consideration, I've decided, not to endorse your park.

John Hammond: So have I.”
— Michael Crichton, David Koepp, Jurassic Park
Tagged: non endorsement
“ [after Alan's given a very bloody description of a Raptor's capabilities to a skeptical child at a dinosaur dig] Hey, Alan. If you wanted to scare the kid you could have pulled a gun on him.”
— Dr. Ellie Sattler, Jurassic Park
Tagged: scare, pull a gun
“Dr. Ellie Sattler: [after finding Malcolm with a broken leg] Should we chance moving him?

Dr. Ian Malcolm: [the Tyrannosaur roars nearby] Please, chance it.”
— Dr. Ellie Sattler, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Broken Leg, Taking A Chance
“[as they pass through the gigantic park gates] What have they got in there, King Kong?”
— Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Tagged: king kong
“Lex: I'm a hacker!

Tim: That's what I said: you're a nerd.

Lex: I am not a computer nerd. I prefer to be called a hacker!”
— Tim, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Hacker, nerd
“We've made living biological attractions so astounding that they'll capture the imagination of the entire planet.”
— John Hammond, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Imagination, biological attractions
“John Hammond: ...And there's no doubt; our attractions will drive kids our of their minds!

Dr. Alan Grant: And what are those?

Dr. Ellie Sattler: Small versions of adults, honey...”
— Dr. Alan Grant, Jurassic Park
Tagged: kids, small adults
“Jo: [cow flies by in the storm while in Bill’s truck] Cow.

[cow flies by in the storm]

Jo: another cow.

Bill: Actually, I think that was the same one.”
— Dr. Jo Harding, Twister
Tagged: Tornado, flying cow
“Dusty: [seeing Bill for the first time in a long time] The extreme! IT’S THE EXTREME!

Bill: Oh, man. Don’t start that shit.”
— Bill Harding, Twister
Tagged: Extreme, Shit
“God help us, we're in the hands of engineers.”
— Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Tagged: engineers
“Boy, do I hate being right all the time!”
— Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Being Right
“Dr. Alan Grant: [watching Gennaro jump out of the tour car and sprint to the Port-A-Potty at the sight of the T-Rex] Well, where does he think he's going?

Dr. Ian Malcolm: When you gotta go, you gotta go.”
— Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Tagged: urinary incontinence, port-a-potty, Public Urination
“Tim: What do you call a blind dinosaur?

Dr. Alan Grant: I don't know. What do you call a blind dinosaur?

Tim: A Do-you-think-he-saurus.

Dr. Alan Grant: Ha ha. Good one.”
— Dr. Alan Grant, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Jokes
“I gotta go Julia, we got cows.”
— Dr. Melissa Reeves, Twister
Tagged: Cows, gotta go
“Benton: Do you know how to start an IV?

Carter: Uh, actually, no.

Benton: I thought you were third year.

Carter: I am, but all I've done is dermatology and psychiatry.

Benton: The well-dressed specialties, huh?”
— Michael Crichton, ER, Season 1: 24 Hours
Tagged: IV, Medical Students, Dermatology, Psychiatry, NBC Shows
“[walking into the Visitor's Centre for the first time] The most advanced amusement park in the entire world. And I'm not just talking about rides, you know? Everybody has rides. No, we have made living biological attractions so astounding, that they'll capture the imaginations of the entire planet.”
— John Hammond, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Amusement Park, Rides, biological attractions
“Why can’t we spend a normal day together?”
— Bill Harding, Twister
Tagged: normalcy
“You guys have got to get some new stories. I’m gonna go wash up.”
— Dr. Jo Harding, Twister
Tagged: new stories, wash up
“Debris! We got debris!”
— Dr. Jo Harding, Twister
Tagged: debris, Tornado
“Lex: [a Brachiosaur eats from the tree Grant, Lex and Tim are sleeping in] Go away!

Dr. Alan Grant: It's OK. It's OK. It's a Brachiosaur.

Tim: It's a veggiesaurus Lex! Veggiesaurus!

Lex: Veggie!”
— Dr. Alan Grant, Jurassic Park
Tagged: brachiosaur, veggiesaurus
“John Hammond: All major theme parks have delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked!

Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but, John, if The Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.”
— John Hammond, Jurassic Park
Tagged: Disneyland, 1956, Pirates of the Caribbean, tourists
“ [while being chased by the T-Rex] Must go faster.”
— Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Tagged: faster, Fight or Flight, Fear
“In the darkness, he touched her arm and said, 'Stay here.'”
— Michael Crichton, State of Fear
Tagged: first lines of books
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