Scarpetta Quotes

#1. That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.

Patricia Cornwell

#2. America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

George W. Bush

#3. You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time for personal considerations.

Dick Cheney

#4. nothing like shooting a man while he's down

Patricia Cornwell

#5. I had fired 9-millimeters before and didn't like them. they weren't as accurate as my .38 special. they weren't as safe, and they could jam. i had never been one to substitute quantity for quality, and there was no substitution for being informed and practiced

Patricia Cornwell

#6. The legal bother, indeed, lasted for years. It was quite a long time before Mr. Baggins was in fact admitted to be alive again. The people who had got specially good bargains at the Sale took a deal of convincing; and

J.R.R. Tolkien

#7. I really think there is a certain destiny in my life to lead people.

Steve Garvey

#8. Without precise meanings behind words, politicians and elites can obscure reality and condition people to reflexively associate certain words with positive or negative perceptions. In other words, unpleasant facts can be hidden behind purposely meaningless language.

Ron Paul

#9. -it's the d-isomer of a compound, the name of which won't mean anything to you-
-oh, yeah? how do you know it won't mean nothing to me?
-three-methoxy-n-methylmorphinan
-you're right. don't mean a dam thing to me

Patricia Cornwell

#10. Make sure your intentions are not only for yourself, but also for the common good.

Deepak Chopra

#11. Others found the implication odd that they could live their way forever- working and drinking and watching TV- and why they would want to.

CrimethInc.

#12. I had seen my becoming a vampire in two lights: The first light was simply enchantment ... But the other light was my wish for self-destruction.

Anne Rice

#13. Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

Mason Cooley

#14. point is, he wants to hurt you, doc, and he's already trying hard. one way or another he's going to screw you, if he can."
"he can wait in line with all the other people who want to.

Patricia Cornwell

#15. The outlook of the world today is for the greatest era of commercial expansion in history. The rest of the world will become better customers.

Herbert Hoover