Owen Grady: Nervous flyer?
Franklin Webb: Would you ride a-a thousand pound horse that's been abused all its life?
Owen Grady: I rode my motorcycle through the jungle with a pack of raptors.
Franklin Webb: We're not compatible. (00:21:50)
Ian Malcolm: Welcome... to Jurassic World.
Claire Dearing: Come on, you're a better man than you think you are.
Owen Grady: You should write fortune cookies. (00:20:00)
Claire Dearing: Be careful, okay?
Owen Grady: If I don't make it back, remember... you're the one who made me come. I'll be all right. (00:30:40)
Franklin: Am I dead?
Owen Grady: Not yet, kid.
Eli Mills: You never thought how many millions a trained predator might be worth?
Ian Malcolm: Genetic power has now been unleashed. You can't put it back in the box.
Ian Malcolm: These creatures were here before us. And if we're not careful... they're going to be here after. Life cannot be contained. We're gonna have to adjust to new threats that we can't imagine. We've entered a new era. Welcome... to Jurassic World. (01:57:35)
Answer: They were sold for the sole purpose of making hundreds of millions of dollars from the auction and future sales. The buyers had different reasons for wanting them: weaponizing them, for trophy hunting, private zoos, etc. The buyers' zeal in wanting such exotic animals overruled their sensibilities regarding how dangerous the dinosaurs were and the extreme conditions needed to manage them.
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