Quotes About Crime

I probably saved more black lives as mayor of New York City than any mayor in the history of this city. And I did it by having to use police officers in black areas where there was an astounding amount of crime. If that crime was in white areas, police officers would be in white areas.

The problem with hate crimes is that it is about somebody's perceived notion of a crime... that is a very dangerous path to go down.

All novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don't see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That's the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world.

We won't sit idly by when a crime is committed in the real world. So why should we when it happens in cyber space?

That image of a lawyer standing up in a criminal case and doing the right thing always stuck with me. I love the idea of building cases and really going after bad guys.

'The Sopranos' only reflected the tenor of how things are done in New Jersey. They didn't invent it. And I say that as a fan of both 'The Sopranos' and New Jersey.

If you look at 'The Sopranos,' there's this notion of a criminal element on its last legs.

I realized that after years of studying Shakespeare and Chekhov and regional repertory theater, what I really wanted to do was bust in and rob a bank and jump in the screaming getaway car and tear through the city and get in a shootout.

Theft and corruption in the private sector is as bad as that in government and must be dealt with decisively by law enforcement agencies.

Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation - especially in the suburbs.

Theft of a firearm should be punished as a felony, plain and simple.

The difference between theft and destruction is often a few keystrokes.

As the economy goes south, petty theft begins. And then grand theft. And then muggings.

It's sad when 'Grand Theft Auto' has more consequences for criminal behavior than real life.

One of his criminal associates hired me to represent him. That's how he found you, Hazel. He targeted you.

Philip had been murdered in broad daylight, in front of witnesses numbered in the thousands.

Once I pulled a job, I was so stupid. I picked a guy's pocket on an airplane and made a run for it.

El crimen pasional es mexicano de nacimiento.

Crime is common but logic is rare,

To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to imitate God; it is stealing from God the privilege of the spark.

We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the cities would drive all men into crime or drugs or psychoanalysis. —EDWARD ABBEY, DESERT SOLITAIRE

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.

As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it. The only person who's going to be penalized and have difficulty is the law-abiding citizen, who then cannot have it if he wants protection-the protection of a weapon in his home, for home protection.

The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing to go in.