Quotes By Author: michael crichton

“He did not want an affair with his boss. He did not even want a one-night stand. Because what always happened was that people found out, gossip at the water cooler, meaningful looks in the hallway. And sooner or later the spouses found out. It always happened. Slammed doors, divorce lawyers, child custody.”

“Friendships are nice. So is competence.”

“He prays because he knows he doesn’t control it. He’s at the mercy of it.”

“The risk is too great. A man cannot place too much faith in any one thing, neither a woman, nor a horse, nor a weapon, nor any single thing.”

“Anyone who says he knows God’s intention is showing a lot of very human ego.”

“No one escapes from life alive.”

“Praise 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.”

“Sometimes I think everyone’s an attorney.”

“You can’t get decent Mexican food in DC.”

“The nasty little apes that call themselves human beings can do nothing except run and hide.”

“Extrapolating from the statistical growth of the legal profession, by the year 2035 every single person in the United States will be a lawyer, including newborn infants.”