Ed Mcbain Quotes

#1. Most people think the Iraq war has increased the probability of an attack. However, it's difficult to put this aspect into financial terms.

Joseph Stiglitz

#2. The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down.

Ed McBain

#3. I used to psych myself up before the show and now I do the complete opposite: I psych myself down. It's 12:30 at night, you don't want some guy yelling at you. You want some guy just talking to you.

Craig Ferguson

#4. It's a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.

Evan Hunter

#5. Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!

F Scott Fitzgerald

#6. Toppling secular dictators in the Middle East has only led to chaos and the rise of radical Islam.

Rand Paul

#7. She's like a kindness ninja. Sneaking around in order to help people.

A.S. King

#8. You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

Giuliana Rancic

#9. According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.

Irving Babbitt

#10. Any new corpses today?"
"None yet."
"Pity. I'm getting so I miss my morning coffee and corpse.

Ed McBain

#11. I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.

Maeve Binchy

#12. McKinty is an exciting new talent.

Ed McBain