...you have no idea how mentally handicapped I could be if push comes to shove.

Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.

I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?

Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don't lift a finger for a lost cause.

Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives.

Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are

But if you want to win, you're going to have to fight.

There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.

No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.

I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.

If you love love, then love loves you too

He found a stuffed animal, a fluffy wolf with bright blue eyes, and was immediately drawn to it. "I want to get this for her. It is telling me it needs to go home with us." Francesca laughed at him.

It would be absolutely useless for any of us to work to save wildlife without working to educate the next generation of conservationists.

Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.

Obscurity is the kingdom of error.

One should see that all appearance is like mist and fog.

Now I've probably got to be more aggressive and pick up where [Marbury] left off, but I'm just going to take it how it comes. I'm not going to force it. I'm going to let the game come to me.

Give every man more in use value than you take from him in cash value; then you are adding to the life of the world by every business transaction

Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.

Watch the sun until it comes into your body and stays as a tiny sun. It will keep your face shining even in the coldest of winter.