Quotes by Bernhard Goetz

About Bernhard Goetz:

Bernhard Hugo Goetz is a New York City man known for shooting four young men when they tried to mug him on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan on December 22, 1984. He fired five shots, seriously wounding all four men. Nine days later he surrendered to police and was eventually charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and several firearms offenses. A jury found him not guilty of all charges except for one count of carrying an unlicensed firearm, for which he served eight months of a one-year sentence. In 1996, one of the shot men, who had been left paraplegic and brain damaged as a result of his injuries, obtained a civil judgment of $43 million against Goetz.
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Anyone, any type of story, it doesn't have to be a crime victim, you don't have to let yourself be food for the media.

Bernhard Goetz

I thought I was a pretty good physical specimen. But there was a teenager from Brooklyn, who basically wiped the floor with me on the street. He gave me a punch that I didn't even feel. All I knew I was looking up at the sky. I tried to fight him, an...

Bernhard Goetz

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.

Bernhard Goetz

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. I mean, some people do live in fear. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.

Bernhard Goetz

If you have love in your life, you have life.

Bernhard Goetz

The whole trial seemed surreal.

Bernhard Goetz

Jail is much easier on people who have nothing.

Bernhard Goetz

I would, without any hesitation, shoot a violent criminal again.

Bernhard Goetz

You know how some people complain about the way carriage horses are treated? That they are in a small stall? That is mistreatment. In a holding cell, you get very bored. You have no newspapers, you have no anything.

Bernhard Goetz

India is mostly vegetarian, and I think that will be crucial to changing the world. I think the United States is lost.

Bernhard Goetz

I go to Union Square Park, mostly to take care of squirrels.

Bernhard Goetz

If you like affection, then about one in three squirrels makes an excellent companion.

Bernhard Goetz

I was a monster. I don't deny it. I wasn't a monster until a few years ago. But you have to be a monster to survive in New York City. New York City doesn't give a damn about violence.

Bernhard Goetz

To shoot a gun proficiently, including speed shooting, is much less of a skill than typing.

Bernhard Goetz

Prior to being mugged I did not feel I had to carry a gun. However, I knew how to shoot a gun very proficiently. As a boy, I used to play cowboys and Indians all the time.

Bernhard Goetz

With my time in the limelight, I regret that I didn't use it more to push vegetarianism. I support vegetarian options in the school lunch program.

Bernhard Goetz

During my jury selection process, we went through over 360 jurors. It took six months, all New York residents. Of the 360 jurors, over half of them had been mugged one time. Quite a number of them, maybe 30 40, 50, had been mugged twice.

Bernhard Goetz

I think vegetarianism is a crucial ethical choice for an individual and a society.

Bernhard Goetz

Society is better off without certain people.

Bernhard Goetz

I have my values. I do things that I think are right. I think it is crucial for mankind to go vegetarian. In fact, I think if the United States and one other major power becomes basically vegetarian, the whole world will become vegetarian, eventually...

Bernhard Goetz

Author Bio

  • NameBernhard Goetz
  • DescriptionAmerican politician
  • BornNovember 7, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America