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"An extinct animal brought back to life has no rights. It exists because we made it. We patented it. We own it."
"Well, Dr. Malcolm. Here to share a few campfire stories with my uncle?"
"It is absolutely imperative that we work with the Costa Rican Department of Biological Preserves to establish a set of rules for the preservation and isolation of that island. These creatures require our absence to survive, not our help. And if we could only step aside and trust in nature, life will find a way."
"It's our last chance at redemption."
"Now it's only a matter of time before this…lost world…is found and pillaged."
"[to Malcolm] You were right and I was wrong. There! Did you ever expect to hear me say such a thing? Thank god for Site B."
"Violence and technology? Not good bedfellows!"
"I need something pliable. Spit. [Holds out her hand and Nick spits saliva into it] Your gum!."
"[to Malcolm] Look. I love that you rode in here on a white horse. I really do. It's very touching, very dramatic. I just need you to show up in a cab now and then, too."
"[to Malcolm] I've worked around predators since I was 20 years old. Lions, jackals, hyenas…you."
"Hey, when the adult sees us once again with his baby, uh, isn't he gonna be like, "You!"? You know, there may be some, uh, angry recognition."
"[after hearing the adult T. rex roar for its missing child] Mommy's very angry."
"[to Ludlow, as the T. rex terrorizes San Diego] Now you're John Hammond."
"Yeah. "Ooh, ah," that's how it always starts. But then later there's running and screaming."
"[to Hammond] If you want to leave your name on something, fine. But stop putting it on other people's headstones."
"[to Hammond] So you went from capitalist to naturalist in just four years. That's something."
"Chaos Reigns."
"Something Unexpected Has Evolved."
"This Time It's Not Just A Walk In The Park!"
"I felt like both of those movies had a disadvantage in their fundamental architecture, and that is that the first movie had a place that you could go to that was wondrous and magical and would bring you great joy - but surprise, you’re going to die. In those other movies, you’re going to a place that’s dangerous and you’re going to die, and sure enough, you do. So, you know, the equation was different in those two."
"Even 'Jurassic Park III' tried to jump on the avian-dino bandwagon by making a brave attempt to adorn Velociraptor with a feathery hair-piece. (The result looked like a roadrunner's toupee- don't blame the effects-artists; it's notoriously difficult to render feathers in computer graphics animation, so we'll have to wait for 'JP IV' for a more thoroughly rendered avian pelage.)"
"Frank Welker — Spinosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex"
"Laura Dern — Dr. Ellie Sattler"
"Michael Jeter — Mr. Udesky"
"Trevor Morgan — Eric Kirby"
"Alessandro Nivola — Billy Brennan"
"Téa Leoni — Amanda Kirby"
"William H. Macy — Paul Kirby"
"Sam Neill — Dr. Alan Grant"
"[to Dr. Grant about the satellite phone] Turn off the power. You've got juice for maybe one call. Whatever you do, don't call the U.S. Embassy. They won't do a damn thing."
"[to Amanda] We're gonna find him. You listening to me? We're gonna find him. The kid's got resources. Remember what it was like to try to ground him?"
"This is good. This is great. We're stuck on the worst place in the world, and we're not even getting paid!"
"[finding a dinosaur carcass] It's okay, it's dead. [ T. rex raises its head from behind the dead dinosaur] Nobody move a muscle! [T. rex roars and everyone besides Grant runs away]"
"[after Billy said he stole raptor eggs "with the best intentions"] Some of the worst things imaginable have been done "with the best intentions". Billy, as far as I'm concerned, you're no better than the people who built this place."
"[as the raptor is cawing] My God. He's calling for help."
"Will you tell your wife to stop making noise? That is a very, very bad idea."
"You cannot land on this island!"
"[upon reaching Isla Sorna and seeing the dinosaurs] My God, I'd forgotten."
"[after Billy explains why his bag strap is lucky] Reverse Darwinism: survival of the most idiotic."
"[seconds before being eaten by a raptor] Clever girl."
"Must go faster…"
"Boy, do I hate being right all the time."
"[looking at the Triceratops droppings] That is one big pile of shit."
"You did it. You crazy son of a bitch, you did it. [referring to Hammond after finally seeing a dinosaur]"
"Now, eventually you do plan to have dinosaurs on your, on your dinosaur tour, right? Hello?"
"What have they got in there, King Kong?"
"I'm simply saying that life, uh…finds a way."
"John, the kind of control you're attempting simply is…it's not possible. If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free, it expands to new territories and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, uh…well, there it is."
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should."
"[on the Triceratops] Ellie, this one was always my favorite when I was a kid. And now I've seen one, it's the most beautiful thing I ever saw."