All your life, other people will try to take your accomplishments away from you. Don't you take it away from yourself.
Michael CrichtonThe doctor is not a miracle worker who can magically save us but, rather, an expert adviser who can assist us in our own recovery.
Michael CrichtonHistorically, 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. Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had. The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus.
Michael CrichtonPraise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.
Michael Crichton