Crime Quote by Thomas Bernhard Download Open image “A criminal is undoubtedly a poor soul, who is punished for his poverty.” — Thomas Bernhard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime Criminals Inspirational success failure Poor Poverty Soul
“There is no crime in anyone’s blood any more than there is goodness in the blood of others. Criminals are not born. They are… — Khuswant Singh Copy Share Image
“I write that crime is an unlawful act of violence that can be committed by anyone, and that punishment is the consequence designed for… — Mahbod Seraji Copy Share Image
It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness. — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
He who is punished is never he who performed the deed. He is always the scapegoat. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A criminal becomes a popular figure because he unburdens in no small degree the consciences of his fellow man, for now they know once… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
He that is ungrateful has no guilt but one; all other crimes may pass for virtues in him. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
“The perfect criminal, should he or she exist, would be the one who is never apprehended - indeed, the one whose crimes may be… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
A poor person is one who always thinks that he is being judged by whatever he does. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The cruel man is of misanthropic temperament, and is a man of moods, oscillating from quiet brooding to sudden explosions. If a man like… — Frederick the Great Copy Share Image
“He was the only world-famous piano virtuoso who abhorred his public and also actually withdrew definitively from this abhorred public.” — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
“A body needs at least three points of support, not in a straight line, to fix its position, so Roithamer had written.” — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
“The essential elements of a person come to light only when we must regard him as lost to us, when everything he has done… — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
Lawyers make nothing but confusion...A lawyer is an instrument of the devil. In general, he's a fiendish idiot, banking on the stupidity of people… — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
“I know nothing about nature. I hate nature, because it is killing me.” — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
“The empty rooms always had a terribly depressing effect upon my father when he considered, he said, that the person who dwelt in them… — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
“To wake up one day and be Steinway and Glen in One... Glen Steinway, Steinway Glen, all for Bach.” — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
“It had always been impossible for me to write to him. Each time I would immediately become aware of the awkwardness of suddenly expressing… — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
All my life I have had the utmost admiration for suicides. I have always considered them superior to me in every way. — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
“I barricaded myself and stared out the window, without seeing anything but my own unhappiness.” — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
... Whatever condition we are in, we must always do what we want to do, and if we want to go on a journey,… — Thomas Bernhard 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