Crime Quote by James Ellroy Download Open image “Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.” — James Ellroy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime Politics
Political power goes much deeper than one suspects; there are centres and invisible, little-known points of support; its true resistance, its true solidity is… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I have doubtless erred more or less in politics, but a crime I never committed. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Crime has no party affiliation, yet Republicans have spent generations exploiting it and the fear of it for political gain. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
I was concerned about the link between crime and politics, and I figured out the only way I could do something about it was… — Bill Scott Copy Share Image
In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness. — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
When I was a youngster, I and people like us, who are educated and progressive-minded, did not take interest in politics. But then I… — Andrea Jeremiah Copy Share Image
As a former New Yorker, I understand crime's hold over an electorate's emotions. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
It is always important in matters of high politics to know what you do not know. Those who think that they know, but are… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
“Fear and I played peek-a-boo - it always seemed to grab my balls and twist just when it felt like something inside me could… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
My father actually went to college, and my mother went to nursing school, so, you know. I wouldn't... They were actually too square and… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I've created a narrative of the world. I live in the world - tenuously, most times. I've avoided the digital world. — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
Some men get the world, some men get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona. You're in with the former, but my God I don't… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
In the time just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when Perfidia opens, we were pre-psychologized. There were no concepts of identity, no politics… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
“It all came down to money - the great equalizer and common denominator.” — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I think the great unspoken theme in noir fiction is male self-pity. It pervades noir movies. — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
“I didn't care who we were. I required no consummation. I knew that whoever we were and whatever we had would never stop.” — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
Where’s your sketch pad?” I asked. … “I gave that up,” Kay said. “I wasn’t very good, so I changed my major.” “To what?”… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I am a master of fiction. I am also the greatest crime novelist who ever lived. I am to the crime novel in specific… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I don't want to recover from writing this book [The Onion]. I feel very poised. I feel like I'm with my mother for the… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
“Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The… — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The jailers, the Court, everyone in that building – it wasn’t about justice; it was about obedience and intimidation…about maintaining order. Fear accomplished that… — Jay Allan Copy Share Image
Taking notes while watching Forensic Files and Snapped. I don't want to make the same mistakes the criminals do! ;) — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image