Arsonists Quote by Joseph Wambaugh

Most friendly fire incidents aren't investigated properly because of neglect or a natural inclination to cover up the embarrassing fact that they killed one…

— Jon Krakauer

Arson is a respected profession among certain subcultures in Jersey, and the good ones don't get caught. The good ones channel lightning and mysterious…

— Janet Evanovich

Arson, after all, is an artificial crime...A large number of houses deserve to be burnt.

— H. G. Wells

“People who spend most of their time putting out fires are usually also the arsonists.”

— Dan Sullivan

“The apology from the arsonist takes up space that could otherwise be used to remove one's self from the fire. HStanbrough”

— Harvey Stanbrough

“Should the discovery of fire have been avoided because arsonists can misuse it? Any kind of information can be misused by those who are…

— Arthur R. Jensen

The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“To talk about arson is to talk about buildings burning down. To talk about the term 'pyromania' is really to talk about the unfathomable…

— Monica Hesse

Prosecutors insist they are mounting a "thorough investigation," which sometimes means thorough and sometimes, historically, has meant long enough to let the fire burn…

— Anna Quindlen

“Cleaning up is expensive; arson is cheap.”

— Oliver Franklin-Wallis

“The conscientious arsonist doesn't just set the building on fire; first he fills the fire extinguishers with petrol.”

— Tom Holt

The most phlegmatic dispositions often contain the most inflammable spirits, as fire is struck from the hardest flints.

— William Hazlitt