Cop shows are by definition melodramatic; they're larger than life. They create very stark contrasts and conflicts emotionally. They're provocative, assuming they… — Steven Bochco Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built… — Chazz Palminteri Copy Share Image
I took a puff of the wrong cigarette at a fraternity dance once, and the cops had to get me, y'know. I… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
One of the things I would love to do is 'Axe Cop,' which is a comic book. I would like to be… — Ken Marino Copy Share Image
A good song should make you wanna tap your foot and get with your girl. A great song should destroy cops and… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I'm thrilled to feel that I can rely on myself totally and absolutely; that my children are being brought up so that… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I'm a cop, and cops talk. They called me the day he did it, but did you ever hear me say anything… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
It was actually a lot more helpful to have Calvin Hart, a cop, as my template. He was also my technical advisor… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
Police thrillers are so widely read and police dramas so commonplace on television that many people think they have a good understanding… — Daniel Horan Copy Share Image
Every cop will tell you that their real job is being a social worker. That's what they do all day. The large… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
In Crash, you've got a pathological cop who at the end justifies police brutality. He tells the naïve, young cop that you're… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
They [policemen] are in a profession that if you do the job incorrectly, or proceeding incorrectly, it's over for you because there… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
I was petrified because all my friends would be going to Washington, DC, to protest. I was sixteen, and I was like,… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
“In Woolrich's crime fiction there is a gradual development from pulp to noir. The earlier a story, the more likely it stresses… — Francis M. Nevins Copy Share Image
believe that you've had most of your important memories by the time you're thirty. After that, memory becomes water overflowing into an… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Persistence and determination are incredibly important. But sometimes you need to analyze the situation and understand when you're wrong. You need to… — Sasha Grey Copy Share Image
I'm a good authoritarian figure; I don't know why. 'Can you be a cop?' Sure. 'Can you be a Marine?' Absolutely. Well,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I rode with four street-clothes cops in the East Village. I spent six weeks riding with them every day - in street… — Jason Wiles Copy Share Image
You better get over here with my car,” Grandad says. “Before I call the cops and tell them you stole it.” “Sorry,”… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
One fine day, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
In my career, I have played a gangster, an ex cop, a journalist and a film director. Yet, the label of a… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
I went to Annapolis for tougher laws to hold cops accountable. I'm fighting to bring back the trust between the police and… — Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Copy Share Image
The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of… — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
Where are the cops when you need them? (Nick) Probably eating beignets. As the old saying goes, when seconds count, the police… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
A cop told me, a long time ago, that there’s no substitute for knowing what you’re doing. Most of us scribblers do… — George V. Higgins Copy Share Image
There's one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I wanted to be a cop. Then I watched 'The Wild Wild West,' and so I wanted to… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
I really think a good host is just a connector. I'm more traffic cop than star. My job is to get people… — George Stroumboulopoulos Copy Share Image
I've been in a lot of indie movies, where we didn't necessarily have permits or permission. I've even run from the cops… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
Travel is one of the best anti-war weapons that there are. I've been to Iran, and if you're there you see little… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
There's a point where a cop pulls you out of that car and starts abusing you or beating on you and at… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what I really enjoy. We all go to the movies, we all watch television, we know what they're about,… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
I remember one night in Memphis, I'd come out of a blackout, and I didn't know where I was. I'm feeling through… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of guns going off, you know, guns held by white men acting as vigilantes,… — Allan Nairn Copy Share Image
The fans are bad everywhere you go, with language, and with behavior. You can't put enough cops in the stands, but you… — John Chaney Copy Share Image
Message to all rioters: put down your brick, put away the spray paint, and leave the cop cars alone; you're acting like… — Jim Rome Copy Share Image
Black folks tell their kids they have to be twice as good as a white person? Well, if I tell a child… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
When New Yorkers tell one about the dangers of their city, the muggings, the dinner parties to which no one turns up… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image