Crime Quotes

"Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind" "Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions." "It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story." "What do you think, would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds?" "In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity" "There is less harm in the crime itself than in the callousness, cruelty, and indifference of most people towards those who commit it." "The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules." "Let the punishment match the offense" "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."