Born in Chicago Illinois on October 23rd 1942 Michael Crichton is known the world over not only for his amazing books but also for his screenplays and film directions.
The only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at No. 1 in US television (ER), film (Jurassic Park), and book sales (Disclosure) Michael was an intensely private man and preferred to let his work do the talking and here we have 10 Monstrously good Quotes from Michael Crichton that do just that.
“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.”
“I am certain there is too much certainty in the world”
“It’s better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.”
“You think man can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity…”
“No one escapes from life alive.”
“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.”
“Let’s be clear. The planet is not in jeopardy. We are in jeopardy. We haven’t got the power to destroy the planet – or to save it. But we might have the power to save ourselves.“
“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.”
“All your life, other people will try to take your accomplishments away from you. Don’t you take it away from yourself.”
“God created dinosaurs. God destroyed dinosaurs. God created Man. Man destroyed God. Man created dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs eat man…Woman inherits the earth.”
Michael Crichton died on November 4th 2008 after a lengthy battle with Lymphoma.
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