Crichton Wiki Quotes & Sayings

One of my favorite sketches, and a popular comedy formula, is to put someone with a mental handicap in some kind of unlikely situation. For example: The retarded gynecologist, the retarded Jesus, the retarded Osama Bin Laden. It works. It's funny. Inappropriate? I dunno. I feel like I'm a pretty good judge of what crosses the line of good taste being that I am retarded. Socially perhaps, but severly retarded. — Bonnie McFarlane

In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar. — Anne Fadiman

Pressure is calming to the nervous system. — Temple Grandin

One thing you may be sure of, I was not a party to covering up anything. — Rutherford B. Hayes

Lots of people do things lots better than lots of others; but, today, so many people do so many things very well, and so many people are seriously interested in so many different things people do for their own different reasons, you can't call any thing the best for every person, or even every serious person. So you just pay real attention to the real things that affect you; and don't waste your time knocking the rest. — Samuel R. Delany

I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That doesn't mean I run from it. I embrace African-American culture and I love it and embrace it, but it is a part of a human identity. So I'm always trying to make a larger human statement. — Wynton Marsalis

Even if you feel wronged, respond right. — Carlos A. Rodriguez

You need to find people who laugh gently at themselves, who remind you gently to lighten up. — Anne Lamott

Expect nothing and you don't need the courage to hope, nor the strength to withstand disappointment when nothing comes. — Glen Duncan

A journey is time suspended. — Louis L'Amour

I was in a high school where everybody was a click better off. — Elizabeth Warren

I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. — George R R Martin

In racing, they say that your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the wall as he spins out of control will meet that wall; the driver who looks down the track as he feels his tires break free will regain control of his vehicle. — Garth Stein