Quotes About Integrity

Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.

Bosch took a step toward him. "Olivas, let's get something clear before we go anywhere. You call me 'Hotshot' again and I'm going to shove the file up your ass without taking it out of my briefcase.

No matter what happens in the world, there will always be the need for heroes.

Okay, Harry. We can work cases. But we bend the rules. We don't break them.

In his career, he had chased down hundreds of killers and put them in prison. If he was wrong about one, then it would put the lie to everything else. It would cast him adrift.

Those five words…"the good of the department." They never added up to anything but high jingo.

Everybody lies. Cops lie. Lawyers lie. Witnesses lie. The victims lie. A trial is a contest of lies. And everybody in the courtroom knows this. The judge knows this. Even the jury knows this. They come into the building knowing they will be lied to. They take their seats in the box and agree to be lied to.

Think of all the great journalism we've seen in our lifetimes. The corruption exposed, the public benefit. Where's that going to come from now with every paper in the country getting shredded? Our government? No way. TV, the blogs? Forget it. My friend who took the buyout in Florida says corruption will be the new growth industry without the papers watching.

going to lie to the media or anybody

Joel Bremmer, Times Staff Writer

He urged the new officers never to break the law to enforce the law. To do their job constitutionally and compassionately at all times.

Michael Connelly

He knew that you didn't win justice by carrying a sign or a cardboard coffin. You earned it by being on the side of the righteous, by being unswayed from that

month ago and Maura Frederick

center. He said no. He said, in very fine English, 'I buy, I don't sell.' Then he escorted me out. But I think that was Tran. Something about him.

Michael Connelly

charge for the Times—thanks to Bosch

What's that line that Nietzsche said? 'Whoever fights monsters…' Ã¢â'¬Â " Ã¢â'¬ËœShould see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.

Michael Connelly

Everybody wants the chance to do the right thing, Hirsch. It makes them feel good inside. Even if doing it doesn't exactly fit inside the rules, sometimes you have to rely on the voice inside that tells you what to do.

That's my job, to forge the blade. To sharpen it. To use it without mercy or conscience. To be the truth in a place where everybody lies.

I'm going to go have a talk with Detective Chu." "You think he held something back on us?" "That's what I'm going to find out.

Michael Connelly

Actually, I wanted to take care of Terry. Yes, he had the potential of becoming a stone in my shoe. But I—" "Shut up, Bob!" Rachel yelled. "You couldn't carry Terry's lunch. Harry, this is too dangerous. Put him down! Do it now!