George Carlin Quotes

I always knew I'd get caught sooner or later. And I knew I would end up going to prison.

One of the main things I know about O.J. Simpson is that he is a compulsive talker. So if I were to ask him one question, I would get 45 minutes on the history of the case. It would be irrelevant what I would ask him - he would just start talking.

I want nothing to do with O.J. Simpson. I want that name so far behind me, I want it out of my life.

Crimes generally punish themselves.

The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.

We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.

Certainly the O.J. Simpson case was a turning point in my career.

Yeah, I've gotten a few letters from prison.

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.

There are a whole lot of little tales told in 'Presumed Innocent,' whether it's about the Hobberly kid, who was an important witness who ends up assassinated, or an accountant named Marcy Lupino, who meets a horrible fate in a state penitentiary. There's less of that in 'Innocent,' and deliberately so.

I'm a prosecutor first and foremost, and as a judge, I put people in jail for extended periods of time when that was appropriate.

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.

Thieves must sit in prison.

I went to prison, I paid my bill.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.

We can't let somebody rise to the top who will pardon these war criminals. Because they need to go to prison for what they've done in this world. We can't have a pardon. They need to pay for what they've done.

I'm an equal opportunity incarcerator.

We have crime without punishment.

If we started prosecuting people for sin, we’d all be in jail.

Bad people should be incarcerated.

Pardon one offence and you encourage the commission of many.

There is no justice if wrongdoers go unpunished and victims do not feel avenged.

There is not a single man in prison today who does not claim to be an ardent patriot

The key for members of the public is that they want criminals to be punished. They want them taken off the streets. They also want criminals who come out of prison to go straight.

The best crime stories are always about the crime and its consequences - you know, 'Crime And Punishment' is the classic. Where you have the crime, and its consequences are the story, but considering the crime and the consequences makes you think about the society in which the crime takes place, if you see what I mean.