What most needs explanation is not why some people are criminals, but why most people are not. — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
Even the most innocent person, when cornered, is capable of a heartless crime. — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
“Prison for me is not taking away my freedom, but taking away my coffee.” — Sotero M Lopez II Copy Share Image
The crimes of extreme civilization are certainly more atrocious than those of extreme barbarism. — Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly Copy Share Image
Regular, everyday working people in my state recognize that communities are going to have crime. They know that. The question is what… — Andrew Gillum Copy Share Image
A doctor could make a million dollars if he could figure out a way to bring a boy into the world without… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
You're damn right when you say I've shown people how to make a firebomb, I've done my time for my crimes, and… — Rod Coronado Copy Share Image
“The only thing my father does that isn’t illegal is breathe. He’s a criminal through and through.” -Devina (Being Bad, p. 305)” — Leigh Osmond Copy Share Image
There's a romance to danger. There's a romance to drinking, to drugs, to petty crime and to heartbreak and loneliness. All of… — Joey Comeau Copy Share Image
As soon as a woman is old enough to have an opinion and have a voice and be unafraid, she's very much… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
When a felon s not engaged in his employment, Or maturing his felonious little plans, His capacity for innocent enjoyment Is just… — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
The ego is exploitation; love is service. And the service that flows from love, freely and spontaneously, is non-violence. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
And if we’re talking about hard-boiled detectives, too, what could be more hardboiled than the worldview of Ligotti or Cioran? They make… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
“I'm here to tell niggas it ain't all swell. There's Heaven then there's Hell niggas One day your cruisin' in your seven,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How many murders, suicides, robberies, criminal assaults, holdups, burglaries and deeds of maniacal insanity it causes each year, especially among the young,… — Harry J. Anslinger Copy Share Image
Politics deals with externals: borders, wealth, crimes. Authentic forgiveness deals with the evil in a persons heart, something for which politics has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once he entered my life, I promptly forgot all my years of putting on a brave face while browsing at bookstores until… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Everyone should be taught the nobility of labor, the heroism and splendor of honest effort. As long as it is considered disgraceful… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“A deep-seated ambivalence has always characterized the official response to the political prisoner. Charged and tried for the criminal act, his guilt… — Joy James Copy Share Image
