T-Rex doesn’t want to be fed. He wants to hunt. You can’t just suppress 65 million years of gut instinct.
You didn’t come out all this way just to catch up, now, did you?[to Ellie]
Trust me, on this island, there’s no such thing as safe.[to Paul Kirby]
There are two kinds of boys. There are those who want to be astronomers and those who want to be astronauts. The astronomer, or the paleontologist, gets to study these amazing things from a place of complete safety.[to Eric]
The world has just changed so radically and we’re all running to catch up.
Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions.[to Billy]
Reverse Darwinism. Survival of the most idiotic.
Mr. Hammond, after careful consideration, I’ve decided not to endorse your park.
You’d be surprised what people can do when they have to.[to Eric]
Why do we dig? Because paleontology is science, and science is about the truth.
Well, back then, they hadn’t tried to eat me yet.[Eric Kirby: I read both of your books. I liked the first one more. Before you were on the island. You liked dinosaurs back then.]
The bones will still be there when we get back. That’s the great thing about bones. They never run away.[to Billy]