Howard E. Koch Quotes

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.

If you're going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way.

I did everything by the seat of my pants. That's why I got hurt so much.

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

there are risks you'll take for yourself because you know that if your plan goes wrong, it'll be too late for regrets. but if you risk the lives of others and fail, you'll have a lifetime to regret it.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

I get it," said Link. "Even if it wrecks everything, even if you know you're gonna get busted, sometimes you gotta do it anyway." "Something like that.

I did steal socks, but I got caught... don't shoplift, anyone - don't do it! You're just gonna get caught.

In 'Alpha Protocol,' right from the outset, the parameters of the game explain to you that the mission needs to get done. How you approach that is your decision. The rewards and penalties for either path, those are going to balance out into different consequences.

You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.

While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.

Any time you take a chance you better be sure the rewards are worth the risk because they can put you away just as fast for a ten dollar heist as they can for a million dollar job.

My childlike qualities sometimes lead me to jump into projects without thinking of the consequences.

I think there's something in the human psyche that we're titillated by the person who flies too close to the candle and their wings get singed.

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice.

I believe I could commit a crime. We all can. It depends on which situations we find ourselves in. In despair, I would steal food if my children were hungry.

Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did.

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

Crime doesn't pay, but neither does farming.

May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent

Didn't I tell you so? What good did your moderation do you? If you don't kill the beast, it will kill you

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

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.