#crook

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#crooked #never #path #reached #straight

The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy days, this is small-time stuff. Chicago is as full of crooks as a saw with teeth, but the era when they ruled the city is gone forever. ↗

— John Gunther

#city #comparison #copy #crime #crooks

Between a fellow who is stupid and honest and one who is smart and crooked, I will take the first. I won't get much out of him, but with that other guy I can't keep what I've got. ↗

— Lewis B. Hershey

#crooked #fellow #first #get #got

I know me, and those close to me know me. But sadly, the outside world thinks I'm some kind of a crook. ↗

— Benny Hinn

#crook #i #kind #know #me

In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#big #big ones #boat #business #career

No public man can be just a little crooked. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#just #little #man #public #public man

There's a difference between criminals and crooks. Crooks steal. Criminals blow some guy's brains out. I'm a crook. ↗

— Ronald Biggs

#blow #brains #criminals #crook #crooks

Insider trading is a serious crime. Do you know what the penalty for doing it is? Nothing, if you’re a member of Congress.
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— Jarod Kintz

#corruption #crime #criminal #crooked #filthy

I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook. ↗

— Bernard Ebbers

#crook #going #i #just #know

As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#crooked #different #god #having #lead