Michael Crichton Quotes

I have never found criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.

Don't hold strong opinions about things you don't truly understand.

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?

The greatest sin is judgment without knowledge.

Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.

People judged my work without to have listened to it.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.

People who think there is something pedestrian about journalism are just ignorant.

A lot of improvisers mistakenly assume stand-up is awful, because there are a lot of stand-ups in the world that did not appeal to me. It was so easy to make a blanket statement when I was improvising only: 'Stand-up's terrible.' It's so ignorant and stupid to do that. But it's easy to do that. So that's where I came from.

People have a preconceived notion about who I am and it's interesting. It's like picking who you want to win for the Oscars and not seeing the movie. Before you make a statement about someone, get all the information and see everything before you make a judgment.

If people are going to judge me without fully understanding the content of my character, then their opinion just isn't worth it.

I came from the NFL, so people didn't like that, or they just try to make assumptions, and I think when you assume, you look stupid.

I cannot articulate enough to express my dislike to people who think that understanding spoils your experience... How would they know?

Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.

If you hear a man rail at the Bible, you can usually conclude that he never reads it.

As soon as you think you know someone else's truth better than they do, you are in deep water.

People hate me for whatever reasons they come up with, or they hate me because their friends said they should. What can I do about it? What can I do about people who look at things the wrong way? At the end of the day it's like, 'You're wrong, I'm just a skateboarder. How can I help you?'

People make judgments about Scientology, but often they don't know what they're talking about.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

People are so quick to judge and make decisions for themselves about situations they know absolutely nothing about.

It's hard for the majority of people to accept what they don't understand.

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

Never judge a person if you don't know him.