Jurassic Park (novel) Quotes

“Jurassic Park (film)”

“"System Recovery may prove impossible."”

“"Flaws in the system will now become more severe."”

“"Inevitably, underlying instabilities begin to appear."”

“Discovery is always a rape of the natural world. Always.”

“"Details emerge more clearly as the fractal curve is re-drawn."”

“"There is a problem with that island. It is an accident waiting to happen."”

“"With subsequent drawings of the fractal curve, sudden changes may appear."”

“"Increasingly, the mathematics will demand the courage to face its implications."”

“"At the earliest drawings of the fractal curve, few clues to the underlying mathematical structure will be seen."”

“"Let's be clear. The planet is not in jeopardy. We are in jeopardy. We haven't got the power to destroy the planet - or to save it. But we might have the power to save ourselves."”

“"You're going to engineer a bunch of prehistoric animals and set them on an island? Fine. A lovely dream. Charming. But it won't go as planned. It is inherently unpredictable, just as the weather is."”

“"The reason I ask," Malcolm said, "is that I'm told large predators such as lions and tigers are not born man-eaters. Isn't that true? These animals must learn somewhere along the way that human beings are easy to kill. Only afterward do they become man-killers."”

“But we have soothed ourselves into imagining sudden change as something that happens outside the normal order of things. An accident, like a car crash. Or beyond our control, like a fatal illness. We do not conceive of sudden, radical, irrational change as built into the very fabric of existence. Yet it is.”

“"Broadly speaking, the ability of the park is to control the spread of life forms. Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way." Malcolm shook his head. "I don't mean to be philosophical, but there it is."”

“"I believe my life has value, and I don't want to waste it thinking about clothing. I don't want to think about what I will wear in the morning. Truly, can you imagine anything more boring than fashion? Professional sports, perhaps. Grown men swatting little balls, while the rest of the world pays money to applaud. But, on the whole, I find fashion even more tedious than sports."”