Policeman Quotes

126 Policeman quotes by 107 unique authors

I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman. — David Alan Grier
Here, then, is the point at which I see the new mission of the librarian rise up incomparably higher than all those preceding. Up until… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is only… — Ayn Rand
I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen. — Robin Tunney
I’ve never argued against any technology being used when you have an imminent threat, an active crime going on. If someone comes out of a… — Rand Paul
An average English word is four letters and a half. By hard, honest labor I've dug all the large words out of my vocabulary and… — Mark Twain
As we see censorship it is a stupid giant traffic policeman answering "Yes" to "Am I my brother's copper?" He guards a one-way street and… — Franklin P. Adams
The terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket. — Joseph Conrad
In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor. — Martin Amis
One night I was standing on Third Avenue playing my guitar, when this big Irish policeman came strolling by, and stopped to listen to my… — Frank Stallone
When I was younger I was always big; I was a fat boy at school. I had an early growth spurt, and when I went… — Alfred Molina
When a black Jacksonian looks about his home community, he sees a city of over 150,000, of which 40% is Negro, in which there is… — Medgar Evers
What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me. — Dennis Farina
I sometimes think it ironic for an ex-seaman, longshoreman, truck driver, policeman, bus driver, etc... to find success writing children's novels. — Brian Jacques
It is ridiculous to say that art has nothing to do with morality. What is true is that the artist's business is not that of… — George Bernard Shaw
There's only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don't have one… — Charles Barkley
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy. — Orson Welles
I do not remember-that is the point-the first impulse that pumped and shoved most of the earlier poems along, and they are still too near… — Dylan Thomas
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman. — Robert Frost
I hold that the beginning of modern Irish drama was in the winter of 1898, at a school feast at Coole, when Douglas Hyde and… — Lady Gregory
When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be… — Simon Cowell
Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or… — Charles Kuralt
The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race. — Walter Lippmann
Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman. — Thurgood Marshall
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you. — Will Rogers

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