What's so great about discovery? It's a violent, penetrative act, that scars what it explores. What you call discovery, I call the rape of the natural world.
— Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum)
12 seconds sound clip from the Jurassic Park (1993) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:36:43 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- If I was to create a flock of condors on this island, you wouldn't have anything to say.
- Hold on, this isn't some species that was obliterated by deforestation or the building of a dam.
- Dinosaurs had their shot and nature selected them for extinction.
- I simply don't understand this Luddite attitude. Especially from a scientist.
- How can we stand in the light of discovery and not act?
- You have plants in this building that are poisonous. You picked them because they look good.
- Dr. Grant, if there's one person here who could appreciate what I am trying to do...
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