...scientific power is like inherited wealth: attained without discipline. You read what others have done, and you take the next step. You can do it very young...there is no mastery, old scientists are ignored. There is no humility before nature...Its a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are.
Michael CrichtonAll 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 CrichtonLiving systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but theyโre not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse.
Michael CrichtonFace the facts, all these environmental organizations are thirty, forty, fifty years old. They have big buildings, big obligations, big staffs. They may trade on their youthful dreams, but the truth is, they're now part of the establishment. And the establishment works to preserve the status quo. It just does.
Michael Crichton