Police Quote by Joseph Conrad

“Fate looks at nothing. It has no discretion. He no longer considered it eminently desirable all round to establish publicly the identity of the…

— Joseph Conrad

“The police, as servants of law, must be of a high order of integrity. For their word is perforce believed by the virtue of…

— Agatha Christie

“Here am I, sweating my brains out to introduce a really sensational incident into your dull and disreputable little police investigation, and you refuse…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

“The policeman comes : in his hand the weapon that has knocked down more malefactors than all the batons the bull's-eye. He strikes with…

— J.M. Barrie

“The police await us, our men stand in the cold, and you don't like your coat! Such delicate sensibilities for someone who just fucked…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“Let’s pretend it is a threat, because you need to understand that the other officers aren’t keeping me safe from you; they’re keeping you…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“Was he angry? Was he hungry? The shifting theories of the police were ominous and tantalizing—what could attack so brutally, yet so carefully, that…

— Dan Wells

“There were police everywhere, bustling back and forth, murmuring in the barely audible whisper used only by cops and children. There are more similarities…

— Seanan McGuire

“Through political opportunism and ineptitude, the city had allowed the [police] department to languish for years as an understaffed and underequipped paramilitary organization. Infected…

— Michael Connelly

“Like a bitch in heat, I seem to attract a coterie of policemen and sanitation officials. ”

— John Kennedy Toole

“His instinct of a successful man had taught him long ago that, as a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much…

— Joseph Conrad

“The "contempt of cops" by those in their chain of command creates Toxic Boss Blues.”

— Steve Neal