Dr. Alan Grant Quotes

We haven't landed yet.

Either way... you probably won't get off this island alive.

On this island there is no such thing as safe.

Reverse Darwinism - survival of the most idiotic

Symposium Leader : Now, does anyone have a question?
Dr. Grant : Fine. Does anyone have a question that does not relate to Jurassic Park?
Dr. Grant : Or the incident in San Diego, which I did not witness?

Dr. Grant : It's OK. It's dead.
Dr. Grant : Nobody move a muscle.
Dr. Grant : Shit!

Charlie :Rawr! Rawr Rawr!
Dr. Grant : Actually, Charlie, those are herbivores. They really wouldn't be interested in fighting with each other, but these ones here are carnivores, and they really like fighting with each other. They'll use their teeth and claws to rip each other's throats out.
Ellie Degler : Alan, he's three. Let's wait till he's five.

Great, just great. We're in the worst place in the world and we're not even being paid.

Reporter : Are you saying you wouldn't want to get on Isla Sorna and study them if you had the chance?
Dr. Grant : No force on earth or heaven could get me on that island.

Erik : I read both of your books. I liked the first one more. Before you were on the island. You liked dinosaurs back then.
Dr. Grant : Back then, they hadn't tried to eat me yet.

Dr. Grant : Did you read Malcolm's book?
Dr. Grant : So?
Erik : I don't know. It was kinda preachy. And too much Chaos. Everything Chaos. It just seemed like the guy was high on himself.
Dr. Grant : That's two things we have in common.

Dr. Grant : I have a theory that there are two kinds of boys. There are those that want to be astronomers, and those that want to be astronauts. The astronomer, or the paleontologist, gets to study these amazing things from a place of complete safety.
Erik : But then you never get to go into space.
Dr. Grant : Exactly. That's the difference between imagining and seeing: to be able to touch them. And that's... that's all that Billy wanted.

Dr. Grant : Erik, I have to tell you, I'm astonished that you've lasted eight weeks on this island.
Erik : ... Is that all it's been?

Erik : Be careful with that. T-Rex. It scares some of the smaller ones away but attracts one really big one with the fin.
Dr. Grant : This is T-Rex pee?
Dr. Grant : How'd you get it?
Erik : You don't wanna know.