How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Jurassic Park.
Quote #1
DR. ALAN GRANT: I hate computers.
Dr. Alan Grant represents the Luddite faction of visitors to Jurassic Park. He doesn't like technology, and as a result, he's probably the best person for the children to get stuck with when technology fails them.
Quote #2
DR. ELLIE SATTLER: Dr. Grant's not machine-compatible.
Dr. Sattler is teasing here, but we see in a later scene that Grant is so technologically inept that Grant can't even buckle his seatbelt on the helicopter. Whoa.
Quote #3
DONALD GENNARO: Are these characters autoerotica?
JOHN HAMMOND: No, we have no animatronics here. Those people are the real miracle workers of Jurassic Park.
This is a funny joke that went over the heads of children everywhere in 1993. Autoerotica would be a different movie entirely.
Quote #4
JOHN HAMMOND: No drivers. They're electric. They run on this track in the middle of the roadway here. […] Totally non-polluting. Top of the line. Spared no expense.
We'd hate to see the bottom-of-the-line transport vehicles since these things don't even have a gas back-up. If the power goes out, as it tends to do in a tropical environment susceptible to storms, the passengers are completely helpless.
Quote #5
LEX: It's an interactive CD-ROM! You just touch the right part of the screen and it talks about whatever you want.
Today most media is digital, so it's hard to imagine that Jurassic Park would use CD technology in its transports. Wouldn't the CDs skip? Or need to load?
Quote #6
RAY ARNOLD: Item 151 on today's glitch list. We have all the problems of a major theme park and a major zoo and the computers aren't even on their feet yet.
Samuel L. Jackson always tells it like it is. Here he describes exactly how difficult it is to get Jurassic Park off the ground. The themes of nature and technology combine, and both are working against them.
Quote #7
LEX: I'm a hacker! […] I am not a computer nerd; I prefer to be called a hacker.
We're not sure exactly what makes Lex a hacker. Sure she gets onto a computer at the end, but all she does is open a file. If that's all it takes, as long as you can double-click, you're a hacker.
Quote #8
JOHN HAMMOND: This is just a delay. That's all it is. All major theme parks had delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked.
DR. IAN MALCOLM: If the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.
This quote is a good combination of John Hammond's arrogance and his disrespect of technology.
Quote #9
LEX: It's a UNIX system. I know this.
Lex's classic line inspired a subreddit dedicated to movies, TV shows, and video games that criminally misunderstand technology.