Crime Quote by Tom Holt Download Open image ““The worst punishment there is for wanting the wrong thing is getting it.”” — Tom Holt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime
“The only thing worse than not getting what you want is someone else getting it.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the true punishment for miscreants and wrongdoers is having to be the person that they are.” — Jim Lyon Copy Share Image
“I would rather be punished for making the right decision than live with the guilt of making the wrong one for the rest of… — Shannon Messenger Copy Share Image
“The Punisher: If there are no consequences to your mistakes...there are no reason not to make them...” — Fred Van Lente Copy Share Image
“No one gets punished for anything. We do whatever we want, and that's all we do, and nobody stops us, and nobody cares.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Whatever you want the most, it’s going to be the worst thing for you.” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“The Punisher: If there are no consequences to your mistakes...you have no reason...not to make them...” — Fred Van Lente Copy Share Image
“Wrong behavior carries with it the seeds of its own retribution.” — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
“That’s what getting old is: When you can no longer bear the consequences of being wrong.” — Matthew Stover Copy Share Image
“It is ugly to be punishable, but there is no glory in punishing.” — Michael Foucault Copy Share Image
“It’s not wrong to want justice, to desire to right a wrong or help put away the bad guys. But revenge, that’s not right.… — Lynette Eason Copy Share Image
Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try. — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
“A lifetime in the business had taught her that, apart from the few good people that work along-side you,nobody is to be trusted,ever,because sooner… — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
“The conscientious arsonist doesn't just set the building on fire; first he fills the fire extinguishers with petrol.” — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
“Just when you’ve squared up to the solemn realisation that life is a bitch, it turns round and does something nice, just to confuse… — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
Among the gods, there is a dispute as to which one of them originally thought of Christianity; or, as they call it, the Great… — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
There’s nothing bad about reincarnation per se, it’s basically a very good system, cost-effective and ecologically friendly. — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something… — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
Genies rarely have nightmares, for the same reason that elephants don't usually worry about being trampled underfoot. With the possible exception of bottles, there's… — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
“Georgie paused on the threshold for a moment as if hesitant to enter the habitation of such a perjurer lest it should be struck… — Tom Holt 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
