They don’t have a lot of crime in the countryside other than theft. But every once in a while, things turn ugly, and when they turn ugly, they turn very ugly. – John Sandford
‘Murder in the First’ takes 12 episodes to explore the crime and the issues surrounding it, all in the hopes of answering the question, ‘How did we get to this point?’ – Ian Anthony Dale
Buying a matching blouse and skirt from the same store is a crime. A clever mix of chic and cheap hits the jackpot. Know how to mix styles and labels. – Ines de La Fressange
There’s definitely a fascination with crime stories and stories of characters acting out against authority. – Joel Edgerton
The fact that a crime might have been committed with impunity in the past may make it seem more familiar and less gruesome, but surely does not give it any greater legitimacy. – Jonathan Kozol
The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon you’re dealing with a multitude of linked characters, strands, themes and red herrings – and you need to try to control these unruly elements and weave them into a pattern. – Ian Rankin
Many Scandinavian writers who had made their name in literary fiction felt they wanted to have a go at the crime novel to show they could compete with the best. If Salman Rushdie had been Norwegian, he would definitely have written at least one thriller. – Jo Nesbo
The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes. – Ida B. Wells
Our country’s national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob. – Ida B. Wells
You know that murder is wicked. If you saw your master kill a man, do you suppose this would be any excuse for you, if you should commit the same crime? – Jupiter Hammon
Comedians second-guessing themselves is scary. Poor taste is not a crime and we can’t forget that. – Jeff Ross
Authority can be faked. That’s why impersonating a police officer is a crime. Sometimes the outward appearances of authority can be deceiving. – John Ortberg
We’ve got to make sure that the young, violent, serious juvenile offender is punished, that it’s fair punishment, that it’s punishment that fits the crime and that is understood and that is anticipated and expected. – Janet Reno
I believe that the high rates of property crime (and some of the increase in violent crime) are part of the price you pay for freedom. – James Q. Wilson
Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime. – James Russell Lowell
I cannot imagine a context that would some day, in some manner, make the monstrous crime of September 11 an understandable or comprehensible political act. – Jurgen Habermas
I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime. – Howard Berman
The idea behind ‘Defending Your Life’: Imagine if you had to sit in a courtroom and watch your life. I don’t care who you are – if you committed a crime and you had to have all of your emails searched and made public, who on this planet could survive that? Nobody. – Albert Brooks
Crime fiction, especially noir and hardboiled, is the literature of the proletariat. – Adrian McKinty
All is extremely genteel; and there is almost as much repose as in the golden saloons of the contiguous palaces. At any rate, if there be as much vice, there is as little crime. – Isaac D’Israeli
Carrying a concealed weapon is a sign of self-defense, self-protection, and I think it lowers crime. – John Barrasso
The causes of crime are very complicated. But there is a very big literature, as you know, about single parenthood in crime, about race in crime, and about poverty in crime. – Bill Bennett
How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them. – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
I ask you, as a citizen, is it a crime to go to the temple? And if I am propagating superstition by going to the temple, then the whole country is propagating superstition. – Amitabh Bachchan