Crime Quotes

Small: Not failure, but low aim, is crime
"Not failure, but low aim, is crime"
James Russell Lowell, Poet
Small: Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime
"Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime"
James Russell Lowell, Poet
Small: Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or
"Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no"
George Savile, Politician
Small: A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, a
Tacitus
"A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all"
Tacitus, Historian
Small: But I must think that an address to his majesty to remove one of his servants, without so much as alleging any
"But I must think that an address to his majesty to remove one of his servants, without so much as alleging any particular crime against him, is one of the greatest encroachments that was ever made upon the prerogatives of the crown"
Robert Walpole, Statesman
Small: Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?
Tupac Shakur
"Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?"
Tupac Shakur, Musician
Small: I just spent 11 and a half months in a maximum-security jail, got shot five times, and was wrongly convicted o
Tupac Shakur
"I just spent 11 and a half months in a maximum-security jail, got shot five times, and was wrongly convicted of a crime I didn't commit"
Tupac Shakur, Musician
Small: Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and e
George W. Bush
"Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes"
George W. Bush, President
Small: Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of
"Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions"
Agatha Christie, Writer
Small: Head Start graduates are more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to need special education, r
"Head Start graduates are more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to need special education, repeat a grade, or commit crimes in adolescence"
Joe Baca, Politician
Small: Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of s
"Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder"
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poet
Small: Crimes of Passion, which is one of the best films Ive done, will live strongly in my resume, even though it di
"Crimes of Passion, which is one of the best films I've done, will live strongly in my resume, even though it didn't do well"
Kathleen Turner, Actress
Small: In a closed society where everybodys guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only
"In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity"
Hunter S. Thompson, Journalist
Small: Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect
"Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect"
Hunter S. Thompson, Journalist
Small: Perhaps the worlds second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore
"Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore"
Jean Baudrillard, Sociologist
Small: Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear
"Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear"
Karl Kraus, Writer
Small: The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime
Mignon McLaughlin
"The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime"
Mignon McLaughlin, Journalist
Small: Crimes sometimes shock us too much vices almost always too little
"Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little"
Augustus Hare, Writer
Small: My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music
"My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music"
Vladimir Nabokov, Novelist
Small: A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and c
Xun Kuang
"A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned"
Xun Kuang, Philosopher
Small: If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be.
Peggy Noonan
"If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault"
Peggy Noonan, Writer
Small: The punishment should fit the crime and if a doctor or drug company does harm knowingly or negligently to a pa
Corrine Brown
"The punishment should fit the crime and if a doctor or drug company does harm knowingly or negligently to a patient they should be compensated to make them whole"
Corrine Brown, Politician
Small: The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there arent enough crimi
Ayn Rand
"The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws"
Ayn Rand, Writer
Small: What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
"What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits"
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, Diplomat
Small: Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
"Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime"
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, Diplomat
Small: It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace
Pierre Corneille
"It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace"
Pierre Corneille, Dramatist
Small: The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame
Pierre Corneille
"The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame"
Pierre Corneille, Dramatist
Small: A first impulse was never a crime
Pierre Corneille
"A first impulse was never a crime"
Pierre Corneille, Dramatist
Small: There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them
Ray Bradbury
"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them"
Ray Bradbury, Writer
Small: Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we should
Craig Bruce
"Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it"
Craig Bruce
Small: There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice
"There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice"
Simone Weil, Philosopher
Small: The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes
"The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes"
Simone Weil, Philosopher
Small: A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones w
"A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime"
Edgar Allan Poe, Poet
Small: Successful crimes alone are justified
John Dryden
"Successful crimes alone are justified"
John Dryden, Poet
Small: The EU and the U.S. often work together to develop international standards. This is the case in fighting terro
John Bruton
"The EU and the U.S. often work together to develop international standards. This is the case in fighting terrorism and transnational crime, advancing trade liberalization, and combating piracy and intellectual property violations"
John Bruton, Politician
Small: As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplac
"As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify"
Arthur Conan Doyle, Writer
Small: The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event
Daniel J. Boorstin
"The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event"
Daniel J. Boorstin, Historian
Small: The fact that New York continues in the face of all of the chaos, of the crime, of the madness, you just think
Spalding Gray
"The fact that New York continues in the face of all of the chaos, of the crime, of the madness, you just think that it would just pop and vanish, just explode"
Spalding Gray, Actor
Small: I hadnt realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is
"I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is"
Jessica Savitch, Journalist
Small: Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime
"Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime"
George Borrow, Author