Quotes of: Crooks Keyword

if you truly want to know why I'm helping you, you won't get any easy answers. It's not because I believe in the goodness of humankind. It's not because I believe God and the rest of the monsters are evil. I only wish to have the capacity to change. ...

The Crooked God Machine

The affair seems absurdly trifling, and yet I dare call nothing trivial when I reflect that some of my most classic cases have had the least promising commencement. You will remember, Watson, how the dreadful business of the Abernetty family was firs...

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons/The Adventure of the Crooked Man

Your life is your practice. Your spiritual practice does not occur someplace other than in your life right now, and your life is nowhere other than where you are. You are looking for answers, insight, and wisdom that you already possess. Live the lif...

Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood

Mrs. Marcus: Now for the last time. Are we calling Sylvester or not? J. Russell Finch: No! We are not! And I'll tell you why not. Because your son Sylvester is an irresponsible, unreliable, big loudmouth no good bum! Who if he isn't a crook? It's bec...

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.

James Dean

The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.

The Maltese Falcon

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Well, I'm used to rubbing shoulders with crooks and criminals.

Jason Statham

It's a lot of crooked cops out there. They manipulate the system.

Ludacris

To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face

J.R.R. Tolkien

You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.

W. C. Fields

I've done, like, 45 movies, played 40 gangsters and five crooked cops.

Tony Sirico

Capitão Nascimento: Mr. 02, you'll never make it through this course, you know why? It's not because you are fucking weak and have no fiber. It's because you're a crooked cop, Mr. 02, and to wear this badge [taps the skull badge] Capitão Nascimento...

Elite Squad

She lived in fear of ifonic endings. (91)

Crooked Little Heart

Why' is a crooked letter and can't be made straight.

The Gunslinger

We will push those crooks, those mercenaries back into the swamp.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

If we as a society are willing to have a preference for organic food, the farmer can pass on the savings.

Robert Patterson

I made the connection between food and weight, but feeling good or bad was a separate issue.

Robin Quivers

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

Immanuel Kant

From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.

Immanuel Kant

[Her] idea of a fair trade--her lentils for your caviar.

By Cook or by Crook