Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they’re not. Everything … - Michael Crichton

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Words are living things. They have personality, point of view. . . agenda.

Michael Crichton

Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they’re not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse.

Collapse, Jurassic Park, May, Moving, Sense, Stable

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Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.

Book, Books, Done, Rewrite, Rewritten, Writing

You think you can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity. . . . . We've been residents here for the blink of an eye. If we're gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us.

Blink, Eye, Planet, Think, Thinking, Vanity

Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn't really anything else.

Inspirational, Life, Air, Alive, Sun

The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch with the realities of its existence, it becomes exinct.

Animal, Beliefs, Life, Philosophy, Reality, Watch

Historically, 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.

Matter, Way, Firsts, Historically, Debate, Consensus

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Richard Dawkins

I personally would go further and say that, if your morality is based, as mine is, on a desire to increase the sum of happiness and reduce suffering, the decision to deliberately give birth to a Down baby, when you have the choice to abort it early in the pregnancy, might actually be immoral from the point of view of the child’s own welfare.

Baby, Birth, Children, Happiness, Pregnancy

Hannibal

Words are living things. They have personality, point of view. . . agenda.

Agendas, Living, Personality, Things, Views

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

So this is the goal: To make money by increasing net profit, while simultaneously increasing return on investment, and simultaneously increasing cash flow.

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Bob Marley

Don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief, and jealousy.

Flee, Hate, Jealousy, Reality

Joshua Lederberg

A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke.

Newspapers, Newspaper Reporters, Said, Quite, Swedish, Practical