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Quotes About Crime

Any established church is an established crime, an established slave pen.
~ Mark Twain
We sent a sheik to arrest him if he had the authority, or to warn him, if he had not, that by the laws of Egypt the crime he was attempting to commit was punishable with imprisonment or the bastinado.
~ Mark Twain
the BTK Killer (which to me sounds more like something you order from a drive-thru window).
~ Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff
A murderer should probably do many things, but he should never, under any circumstances, come home.
~ Markus Zusak
Sebbene qualcosa dentro di lei le dicesse che era un delitto (dopo tutto, tre libri erano la sua proprietà più preziosa), era costretta a guardarli andare a fuoco. Non poteva farci nulla. Suppongo che gli uomini amino assistere a un po' di distruzione: castelli di sabbia, castelli di carte, si comincia così. La loro grande dote è la capacità di progredire.
~ Markus Zusak
Although something inside told her that this was a crime—after all, her three books were the most precious items she owned—she was compelled to see the thing lit. She couldn't help it. I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that's where they begin. Their great skill is their capacity to escalate.
~ Markus Zusak
Although something inside told her that this was a crime — after all, her three books were the most precious items she owned — she was compelled to see the thing lit. She couldn't help it. I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that's where they begin. Their great skill is their capacity to destroy.
~ Markus Zusak
We might be criminals, but we're not totally immoral. - Arthur Berg
~ Markus Zusak
el crimen hablaba por sí solo.
~ Markus Zusak
Según un informe del año 2015 del FBI que desglosa los delitos de odio según su tipología, un 59,2 por ciento de estos delitos fueron motivados por prejuicios raciales, un 19,7 por ciento por prejuicios religiosos (la mayoría de los cuales, antijudíos, aunque crece el número de los antimusulmanes) y un 17,7 por ciento por prejuicios sobre la orientación sexual.
~ Martha C. Nussbaum
The criminal resembles the artist in his pretension, his incompetence, and his self-pity.
~ Martin Amis
barrios; each barrio has two or three gangs, and all the gangs are theoretically
~ Martin Amis
Since crime often grows out of a sense of futility and despair, Negro parents must be urged to give their children the love, attention, and sense of belonging that a segregated society deprives them of.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention... I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop! - Tupolski
~ Martin McDonagh
Arthur Conan Doyle
~ Transylvania.
Is that Eduardo Lucas of Godolphin Street?" "Yes." "You will not see him." "Why not?" "He was murdered in his house last night." My friend has so often astonished me in the course of our adventures that it was with a sense of exultation that I realized how completely I had astonished him.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
~ Gesellschaft
Then he's no use to me. I'm a practical man." "Mr. Mac, the most practical thing that you ever did in your life would be to shut yourself up for three months and read twelve hours a day at the annals of crime. Everything comes in circles—even Professor Moriarty.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
We ran round, and there lay the unfortunate rider. He was a tall man, full-bearded, with spectacles, one glass of which had been knocked out. The cause of his death was a frightful blow upon the head, which had crushed in part of his skull. That he could have gone on after receiving such an injury said much for the vitality and courage of the man. He wore shoes, but no socks, and his open coat disclosed a nightshirt beneath it. It was undoubtedly the German master.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
~ the meantime
Arthur Conan Doyle
~ melancholy vigil
221B, Baker Street
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
~ Sherlock Holmes
The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless
~ Arthur Conan Doyle