15 Movie Quotes about Crime
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time
Crime is a type of deviation from social customs and norms administered by an authority or state, a violation of a given law. It creates a state of tension in the smoothly running society and that's why it is labeled as one of the biggest social problems. Laws were created to promote harmony within a society. Unfortunately, there will never be a society that is free from crime, simply because it would need everyone in that society to think in exactly the same way, believe in exactly the same things and have exactly the same goal. But we still enjoy a good true crime show right? Here are the best movie quotes about crime and how heroes fight it everyday.
From the movie: Quiz Show
“It's not like we're hardened criminals here. We're in show business.”
Hank Azaria - Albert Freedman
From the TV Series: Law & Order
“I'm trying to decide what to arrest you for - obstruction of justice, harboring a fugitive or just being a general pain in the ass!”
Jerry Orbach - Detective Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe
From the TV Series: Law & Order
“In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.”
Steven Zirnkilton - Narrator
From the TV Series: Better Call Saul
“No crime is complete without the cover-up.”
Michael McKean - Chuck McGill
From the movie: Cherry
“I don’t imagine that anyone goes in for a robbery if they’re not in some kind of desperation. I’ve been at this a while now, and it’s no secret what my face looks like.”
Tom Holland - cherry
From the movie: Dr. No
“The successful criminal brain is always superior. It has to be.”
Joseph Wiseman - Dr. No
From the movie: The Killing
“None of these men are criminals in the usual sense. They've all got jobs. They all live seemingly normal, decent lives. But, they've got their problems and they've all got a little larceny in 'em.”
Sterling Hayden - Johnny Clay
From the movie: The Asphalt Jungle
“People are being cheated, robbed, murdered, raped. And that goes on 24 hours a day, every day in the year. And that's not exceptional, that's usual. It's the same in every city in the modern world. But suppose we had no police force, good or bad. Suppose we had... just silence. Nobody to listen, nobody to answer. The battle's finished. The jungle wins. The predatory beasts take over.”
John McIntire - Police Commissioner Hardy
From the movie: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
“Criminals are as unpredictable as head colds. You never know when you're going to catch one.”
Robert Stephens - Sherlock Holmes
From the movie: Triple Frontier
“Make no mistake about it. You guys need to own the fact that we do not have the flag on our shoulders. You cannot go back to your normal life after tonight. You guys need to own the fact that what we’re about to do is criminal.”
addressing his squad
Ben Affleck - Tom 'Redfly' Davis
From the movie: Shutter Island
“- Nurse Marino: She was in a group therapy session.
- Teddy Daniels: Huh. Anything unusual occur?
- Nurse Marino: This is a mental institution, Marshal, for the criminally insane. Usual isn’t a big part of our day.”
talking about a patient at the mental institute
Nellie Sciutto - Nurse Marino
Leonardo DiCaprio - Teddy Daniels
From the movie: Area 51
“It would be easier to rob a bank, than to break into Area 51.”
Ben Rovner - Ben
From the movie: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
“Criminals are like weeds, Alfred: pull one up, another grows in its place.”
Ben Affleck - Bruce Wayne
From the movie: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
“This is the way it works. First, I actually commit a crime, then you get to blame me for it!”
talking to Marina
Brad Pitt - Sinbad
From the movie: Fracture
“I appreciate your concern for the dignity of the court 007. Unfortunately, the man is a tax-paying citizen and entitled by our constitution to try and manipulate the legal system like everybody else.”
talking about Willy Beachum
Joe Spano - Judge Pincus
