In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought.
Michael CrichtonThe best doctors found a middle position where they were neither overwhelmed by their feelings nor estranged from them. That was the most difficult position of all, and the precise balance - neither too detached nor too caring - was something few learned.
Michael CrichtonGod creates dinosaurs, God kills dinosaurs, God creates man, man kills God, man brings back dinosaurs.
Michael CrichtonIn other centuries, human beings wanted to be saved, or improved, or freed, or educated. But in our century, they want to be entertained. The great fear is not of disease or death, but of boredom. A sense of time on our hands, a sense of nothing to do. A sense that we are not amused.
Michael Crichton