— This is magnificent.
— Yeah. " Ooh, ah," that's how it always starts. But then later there's running and screaming.

— Don't worry. I'm not making the same mistakes again.
— No, you're making all new ones.

— I don't even know this woman.
— You've known Karen for 10 years.
— She doesn't have Sega. She's such a troglodyte.
— Cruel, but good word use.

If you want to leave your name on something, fine. But stop putting it on other people's headstones.

— Hammond's check cleared, or I wouldn't go on this wild-goose chase.
— You're going to the only place where the geese chase you.

— How will we find the adult?
— Follow the screams.

— For once in your life, would it kill you to pick it up? Help me get it out of here.
— No, we just set its leg.
— Mommy's very angry.

What about the dinner with your parents you never showed up for? Why not rescue me when I need it?

Eddie Carr: — What do you need?
Ian Malcolm: — We need rope.
Eddie Carr: — Rope. Anything else?
Ian Malcolm: — Three cheeseburgers with everything.
Nick Van Owen: — No onions on mine.
Sarah Harding: — And an apple turnover.

— I have made a career out of waiting for you.
— You know, she has a pretty good...
— It's so important to your future that you not finish that sentence!

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.

There's a dinosaur in our backyard.

This suit cost more than your education.

— Sarah! Sarah Harding!
— How many Sarahs do you think are on this island?

— It's like it's not scared.
— There haven't been any visitors to this island. There's no reason for it to fear man.
— Now it does.