Quotes from Max Allan Collins

The club had the lights up and revealed itself as the slightly dingy dive it really was, chairs on tables with their legs up like tired chorus girls.

The cause of America is, in a great measure, the cause of all mankind." —Thomas Paine (Common Sense, 1776), American political activist at the time of the Revolutionary War.

When even one American—who has done nothing wrong—is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth—then all Americans are in peril." Harry S. Truman, thirty-third President of the United States of America. Served 1945–1953.

My body is no longer his temple.

Amun kum ra. Amun kum dei.

They stood near the latter and talked.

Beware how you take hope from another human being.

To get what you want, stop doing what isn't working." Earl Warren, Thirtieth Governor of the State of California

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion." Thomas Paine

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal." John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Thirty-Fifth President of the United States of America, former senator and representative from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

waiting for him to start the conversation.

Born of the Great War, this "trench broom" meant to help American doughboys sweep their way across Europe. But the conflict ended too soon for the Thompson to take part, and many of the fifteen thousand guns in circulation by 1929 ended up in private hands. Because the weapon was so new, few laws governed its sale. Legally purchasing a tommy gun in Chicago, in those days, was easier than acquiring a handgun.

Do you think luck only lasts so long, and then lets a person down?

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

To get what you want, stop doing what isn't working.

People are very quick to ridicule others for showing fear. But we rarely know the secret springboards behind human action. The man who shows great fear today may be tomorrow's hero. Who are we to judge?" Audie Murphy, most decorated soldier of World War II, Congressional Medal of Honor winner. Section 46, Lot 366-11, Grid O/P-22.5, Arlington National Cemetery.

To get what you want, stop doing what isn't working." Earl Warren, Thirtieth Governor of the State of California, Fourteenth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Section 21, Lot S-32, Grid M-20.5, Arlington National Cemetery.

Did you really shoot all those badmen in Arizona?" the banker asked, early on. "My share," Wyatt admitted. "What was bad about them?" the mortician asked. "We were Republicans," Wyatt said. "They were Democrats." And that, in this group, had been enough.

Evelyn: Patience is a virtue... Rick: Not right now, it isn't.

The dead paid and the living are paying now. Let Brian hold on to his high opinion of his father, if you can. What harm does it do?

Know this: this creature is the bringer of death. He will never eat, he will never sleep, and he will never stop.

If Columbus had an advisory committee, he would probably still be at the dock." Arthur J. Goldberg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 1962–1965, United

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life." Daniel Patrick Moynihan, United States Senator from New York, 1977–2001, Ambassador to India and the United Nations. Section 36, Lot 2261, Arlington National Cemetery.