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Quotes About Crime

He stared into the car to see the face of a child-killer, but saw only a blur. The
~ Simon Wood
Society was supposed to be better than its criminals, never stooping to their level of depravity.
~ Simon Wood
Makin' mistakes ain't a crime, you know. What's the use of having a reputation if you can't ruin it every now and then?
~ Simone Elkeles
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
~ Simone Weil
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
~ The game is afoot.
Perhaps the world s second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
~ Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton
Children of the future age Reading this indignant page Know that in a former time Love, sweet love, was thought a crime
~ William Blake
What is the flesh and blood compounded ofBut a few moments in the life of time?This prowling of the cells, litigious love,Wears the long claw of flesh-arguing crime.
~ Allen Tate
The remedy for all blunders, the cure of blindness, the cure of crime, is love.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I love the gangster genre, but how many gangster movies are there? If I get a good gangster movie script, I'll do it.
~ Graham King
Flawed characters... a ticking clock... morally questionable acts on all sides... moody, evocative art... oh yeah, this the stuff crime noir fans love!
~ Christos Gage
Sometimes, to help the people you love, you've gotta commit a felony.
~ Christopher Titus
I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts.
~ Stephen King
Lots of murder weapons at the deli counter. So many knives. The most dangerous thing was the meat slicer, but it would be hard to turn that into a murder weapon.
~ Maureen Johnson
They found all the pot at the crime scene, so the sale had gone through. There's no reason for anyone to get killed over a little bit of pot that no one even bothered to take.
~ Maureen Johnson
Okay. How about detectives? What about Sherlock Holmes?" Stevie rolled her eyes. "What's wrong with Sherlock Holmes?" Janelle asked. "Nothing is wrong with Sherlock Holmes," Stevie said. "But he's not a costume. He's . .
~ Maureen Johnson
On all crime shows, it's usually the third person the cops interview. It's the one you sort of think it is. In life, the murderer is anyone. The reasons, the methods, the circumstances—the paths to becoming a murderer are as numerous as the stars. Understanding this is the first step to finding a murderer. You have to shut down the voices in your mind that say, "It has to be this person." Murderers aren't a type. They're anyone.
~ Maureen Johnson
Hi my name's Quarry. I'm in town to blow your favorite professor's brains out. Can you tell me whether you're planning to stop by his place this afternoon, so I can pick a time when I wouldn't have to spray your fucking brains against the wall, too? Thanks!
~ Max Allan Collins
me. Glendin, there have been cowardly legal murders
~ Max Brand
Oh C'mon. Can you ever solve poverty? Can you ever solve crime? Can you ever solve disease, unemployment, war or any other societal herpes? Hell no. All you can hope for is to make them manageable enough to allow people to get on with their lives. That's not cynicism, that's maturity. You can't stop the rain. All you can do is just build a roof that you hope won't leak, or at least leak on the people who are gonna vote for you.
~ Max Brooks
Can you ever "solve" poverty? Can you ever "solve" crime? Can you ever "solve" disease, unemployment, war, or any other societal herpes? Hell no. All you can hope for is to make them manageable enough to allow people to get on with their lives.
~ Max Brooks
Can you ever "solve" poverty? Can you ever "solve" crime? Can you ever "solve" disease, unemployment, war, or any other societal herpes? Hell no. All you can hope for is to make them manageable enough to allow people to get on with their lives. That's not cynicism, that's maturity.
~ Max Brooks
Adultery, perhaps only a mistake during good times, became a crime when the village needed food.
~ Maxine Hong Kingston
Why does anyone commit murder?' he asked in a low voice. 'I-'I blinked.'How should I know?' 'Three reasons,' Christopher said. He held up one finger. 'Love.' Another finger. 'Revenge.' And finally, a third finger. 'Profit...
~ Meg Cabot