Police Quotes - Page 8

• There are hundreds of electromagnetic cases where spacecraft have been observed by police, military personnel and civilians to affect car engines, radios and other electric devices.

  Steven M. Greer

  Military, Car, Radio

  Steven M. Greer (1999). “Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications”, Crossing Point Incorporated

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• I want to make a picture about the Russian secret police - the GOP.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Funny, Witty, Secret

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• If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me.

  Bobcat Goldthwait

  Funny, Advice, Comedian

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• To mark the 0-year anniversary of 9/, I wanted to launch an FDNY shirt that pays tribute to the brave first responders who, like my father, risk their lives in the line of duty on a regular basis. All of the proceeds raised from the sale of the T-shirt benefit the New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund.

  Mark Sanchez

  Anniversary, New York, Children

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• I had hoped I would have some definitive news to give you by now, but I've heard (unofficially) that they need/will take another 2 week extension to make their decision. I've also heard that the police are flooding the Gov's office with last minute calls/letters requesting that I be denied.

  Sundiata Acoli

  Giving, Office, Decision

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• Initially, it (winning the 1967 American League Pennant) was what you would dream about in Little League. The winning pitcher, being on the mound to win the pennant, everyone congratulating me. But a few minutes later, you realize you're not going where you want to go. I was trying to get back in the dugout. Thank God for the Boston police, they were able to control the crowd. It was delirium.

  Jim Lonborg

  Dream, Winning, Boston

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• Not even the most heavily-armed police state can exert brute force to all of its citizens all of the time. Meme management is so much subtler; the rose-tinted refraction of perceived reality, the contagious fear of threatening alternatives.

  Peter Watts

  Reality, Rose, Alternatives

  Peter Watts (2006). “Blindsight”, p.48, Macmillan

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• If I were just your average 23-year-old girl, and I called the police to say that there were strange men sleeping on my lawn and following me to Starbucks, they would leap into action. But because I am a famous person, well, sorry, ma'am, there's nothing we can do. It makes no sense.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Life, Girl, Sorry

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• My point of view, while extremely cogent, is unpopular. . . . That the repressive nature of the legalities vis-a-vis drugs are destroying the legal system and corrupting the police system.

  Jack Nicholson

  Marijuana, Views, Drug

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• According to current Florida law you can get a gun, follow an unarmed minor, call the police, have them explicitly tell you to stop following [the minor] and choose to ignore that, keep following the minor, get into a confrontation with them, and if at any point during that process you get scared you can shoot the minor to death, and the state of Florida will say, 'Well, look: you did what you could.'

  John Oliver

  Gun, Law, Florida

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  Now, I don't see color. People tell me I'm white and I believe them because police officers call me 'sir'.

  Stephen Colbert

  Funny, Believe, Color

  "The Colbert Report", Season 3. Comedy, News, Talk-Show, 2007.

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• And that brings us to tonight's word: Truthiness. Now I'm sure some of the word-police, the 'wordanistas' over at Websters, are gonna say, 'Hey, that's not a word!' Well, anybody who knows me knows that I am no fan of dictionaries or reference books. They're elitist. Constantly telling us what is or isn't true, what did or didn't happen.

  Stephen Colbert

  Book, Fans, Tonight

  "Ice cream? Immigration? 12 ways Colbert kept truthiness alive" by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, www.today.com. April 10, 2014.

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• One of my symptoms included my obsession with ghosts and law enforcement - I carry around a police badge with me, for example. I became obsessed by Hans Holzer, the greatest ghost hunter ever. That's when the idea of my film Ghostbusters was born.

  Dan Aykroyd

  Law, Ideas, Example

  "Dan Aykroyd: 'I have Asperger's - one of my symptoms included being obsessed with ghosts' 'I have Asperger's - one of my symptoms included being obsessed with ghosts': Under the microscope with Dan Aykroyd". Interview with Sarah Ewing, www.dailymail.co.uk. December 10, 2013.

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• In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.

  Russell Brand

  Good Man, England, Manners

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Famous Playboy Hugh Hefner managed to successfully stop an order of monks from operating a business on his property. The police forced the friars to close down their stall, which was outside the Playboy mansion where they had been selling flowers. Said one friar, well, if it was anyone else we may have gotten away from it, but, unfortunately, only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

  Colin Mochrie

  Flower, Order, May

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• There are three states of legality in Irish law. There is all this stuff which comes under That's grand, then it moves into Ah now don't push it, and finally it comes under Right now you're takin the piss, and that's when the police come in.

  Dara O Briain

  Moving, Law, Stuff

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• Bulgaria is fascinating. Because it had been a Communist country until the mid-80s, so it had just recently transitioned. And there were still the police towers on the street corners, where they look down - they were still there, although no one was in them.

  Joan Cusack

  Country, Towers, Looks

  "Rt Interview: Joan Cusack On War, Inc., The Unofficial Sequel to Grosse Point Blank". Interview with Jen Yamato, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. May 22, 2008.

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• I'm right-handed, and the police report said I was jerking off with my left hand. That would have been the end of the case right there, proof it couldn't have been me.

  Paul Reubens

  Hands, Left Hand, Said

  "Paul Reubens clears the air on his '91 arrest". Playboy Interview, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 13, 2010.

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• Take off all your clothes and walk down the street waving a machete and firing an Uzi, and terrified citizens will phone the police and report, There's a naked person outside!

  Mike Nichols

  Phones, Civilization, Clothes

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• It was definitely a scary situation and I was frightened for my husband, but that is no excuse. I was disrespectful to the officer who was just doing his job. I have nothing but respect for the police and I'm very sorry for my behavior.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Jobs, Sorry, Husband

  "Police video: Reese Witherspoon in handcuffs" by Alan Duke, www.cnn.com. April 24, 2013.

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• I never let anyone pluck, including myself, unless my mom approves. She guards my eyebrows. She's like the eyebrow police!

  Isabelle Fuhrman

  Mom, Eyebrows, Pluck

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• There was a knock on our dressing-room door. Our manager shouted, 'Keith! Ron! The Police are here!' Oh, man, we panicked, flushed everything down the john. Then the door opened and it was Stewart Copeland and Sting.

  Keith Richards

  Funny, Humorous, Men

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• A policemans job is only easy in a police state.

  Charlton Heston

  Jobs, Easy, States

  "Fictional character: Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas". "Touch of Evil", www.imdb.com. 1958.

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• I mean it used to be, there was a time … when lynchings of African Americans were not that incredibly rare. Now the lynchings are the police and it's just an outrage.

  Ben Stein

  Mean, Lynching, African American

  "Black Gain Is White Pain — How the White Right Justifies Racial Injustice" by Leonce Gaiter, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 9, 2014.

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• Why is it that the same people who have the least confidence in the police and the military are the most willing to allow only the police and the military to have guns?

  Ann Coulter

  Military, Gun, People

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