Perdition awaits at the end of a road constructed entirely from good intentions, the devil emerges from the… — Iain M. Banks

It’s even more important to prosecute police who’ve broken the law than it is to prosecute anybody else, because otherwise nobody trusts the police.

I only tell them that because that’s what they like to hear, what they want to hear. That’s one of the lessons I’ve learned, isn’t it? You can go a long way just telling people what they want to hear. Of course, you got to be careful, and you got to choose the right people, but still, know that I mean?

One of the wisest things anybody ever said to me was that if all you ever care about is money, money is all that will ever care for you.