Chief Paul Schaeffer: Calling me at home. I can't trace the call. That's smart, John, very smart. John Book: Lost the meaning, did you, Paul? Chief Paul Schaeffer: What? John Book: Isn't that what you used to say about dirty cops? Somewhere along the...
John Book: Samuel, the man who was killed tonight was a policeman, and it's my job to find out what happened. I want you to tell me everything you saw when you went into the bathroom. Samuel Lapp: Um... there were two. John Book: There were TWO men? ...
The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
You must know that it is by the state of the lavatory that a family is judged.
There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.
For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe.
Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
Most people have never thought through how they're going to allocate their time. You need to make a decision in advance.
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.
No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.
Peter must have thought, "Who am I compared to Mr. Faithfulness (John)?" But Jesus clarified the issue. John was responsible for John. Peter was responsible for Peter. And each had only one command to heed: "Follow Me." (John 21:20-22)
What more can we require? Nothing but time.
I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.
Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.
You don't get John Gotti to testify against his driver. You get the driver to testify against John Gotti.
If you worry about financial Armageddon, it is indeed metaphorically the time to stock your bunker with guns, ammunition, canned food and gold bars.
When people are hungry, when a mother or father is facing a child that they can't feed, you can't ask that family to lay down their arms.
Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.
I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or occasion.
