Felony Quotes - Page 2

• I was in the courtroom prosecuting violent felonies for well over a decade.

  Nancy Grace

  Violent, Wells, Courtroom

  7 Copy quote

• Either Mitt Romney, through his own words and his own signature, was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the SEC, which is a felony, or he was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the American people...

  Stephanie Cutter

  People, Signatures, Position

  "Government Filings Dispute Romney's Time At Bain". "All Things Considered" with Tamara Keith, www.npr.org. July 12, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I've never been accused of a felony. I never spent time behind bars except for a few overnight jail times back in the Sixties. [But] I think there's a little bit of a criminal in all of us. Everybody's done something they don't want anybody to know about.

  Johnny Cash

  Thinking, Jail, Done

  14 Copy quote

• In 1966 the ACS formulated a State Model Cancer Act which was instrumental in the enactment of anti-quackery laws now enforced in 9 states...In California (it is a) felony...The use of unproven methods is also a criminal offense in Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

  Jane Brody

  Cancer, Dark, Illinois

  7 Copy quote

• Millions of people are unable to vote due to felony convictions with the highest rates among black men. People in prison are denied the right to vote in 48 states, and while we accept that as normal in the United States, in other western democracies people in prison do have the right to vote.

  Michelle Alexander

  Men, People, Black

  Source: www.truth-out.org

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• For some reason, politically there's a distinction between cocaine and crack. Cocaine is not a felony conviction because it's used by middle class and wealthy people. Crack, which is used by people in South Central, carries a felony conviction.

  Nick Broomfield

  Class, People, Cracks

  Source: collider.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Sometimes, to help someone you love, you have to commit a felony. But, you don't want to go to prison for that. Hey, dude, what are you in for? Armed robbery? Murder? And then, you have to say, Love. And, that's definitely going to get you, you know, picked last for prison kick ball.

  Christopher Titus

  Love You, Someone You Love, Want

  "Titus / Private Dave". www.imdb.com. 2001.

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• Sometimes, to help the people you love, you've gotta commit a felony.

  Christopher Titus

  Love You, People, Helping

  "Titus" (TV Series), www.imdb.com. 2000-2002.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Hillary Clinton says nobody should be deported that entered illegally unless they commit a violent felony, which is an argument for open borders and American people reject that.

  Jeff Sessions

  People, Borders, Argument

  Source: www.politico.com

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• To suggest that it's OK to assassinate a president, I think is a felony. And I think that it should be.

  Newt Gingrich

  Thinking, President, Should

  Source: abcnews.go.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The vampire bible, bound in human skin, written in blood, and full of prophecies that were never wrong. Trouble was, if you read the thing too long, it drove you nuts. Not "I'm having a bad day and feel bitchy" nuts or PMS nuts. "I think I'll commit felony assault on my friends and rape my boyfriend" nuts.

  MaryJanice Davidson

  Bad Day, Thinking, Blood

  MaryJanice Davidson (2006). “Undead and Unreturnable: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.30, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Our investigation looked at whether there is evidence classified information was improperly stored or transmitted on that personal system, in violation of a federal statute making it a felony to mishandle classified information either intentionally or in a grossly negligent way, or a second statute making it a misdemeanor to knowingly remove classified information from appropriate systems or storage facilities.

  James Comey

  Information, Way, Investigation

  James Comey's Statement on the Investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Use of a Personal E-Mail System, www.fbi.gov. July 5, 2016.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• The phone rang, picked up, and the same male voice announced, “Chris Powers." "Hey there, Chris. Are you aware it's a felony to make threats over the phone?" To give Powers his fair due, he got over his shock within a split second. “Try it, asshole. I dare you. My lawyers will have you for lunch.” He clicked off again. I did what any red-blooded American male would do. I called my big, ex-cop ex-boyfriend.

  Josh Lanyon

  Ex Boyfriend, Phones, Voice

  5 Copy quote

• How dare you make my life a felony.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Gay, Lgbt, Dare

  48 Copy quote

• "On what motivated Colorado voters: "Let's face it, the War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well intentioned ... but it sent millions of kids to prison, gave them felonies often times when they had no violent crimes ... I was against this, but I can see why so many people supported it."

  John Hickenlooper

  War, Kids, Marijuana

  9 Copy quote

• Australia is not very exclusive. On the visa application they still ask if you've been convicted of a felony - although they are willing to give you a visa even if you haven't been.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Humor, Australia

  P.J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus”, p.161, Atlantic Books Ltd

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• If bad taste were a felony, every writer I know would've done prison time.

  Steven Bochco

  Prison Time, Done, Taste

  4 Copy quote

• Good evening. A President who lied us into a war and, in so doing, needlessly killed 3,584 of our family and friends and neighbors; a President whose administration initially tried to destroy the first man to nail that lie; a President whose henchmen then ruined the career of the intelligence asset that was his wife when intelligence assets were never more essential to the viability of the Republic; a President like that has tonight freed from the prospect of prison the only man ever to come to trial for one of the component felonies in what may be the greatest crime of this young century.

  Keith Olbermann

  War, Lying, Men

  9 Copy quote

• MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Law, Criminals, Dignity

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.164, University of Georgia Press

  52 Copy quote

  Show source

• And as if reporting some felony to the police they let you know you were not John Donne.

  Ted Hughes

  Police, Donne, Knows

  Ted Hughes (2009). “Birthday Letters”, p.28, Faber & Faber

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.

  Vincent Bugliosi

  Successful, Trials, Lost

  7 Copy quote

• ... Herbert said of himself, with his eyes fixed on the fire, that he thought he must have committed a felony and forgotten the details of it, he felt so dejected and guilty.

  Charles Dickens

  Character, Eye, Fire

  Charles Dickens (1873). “Tale of Two Cities”, p.404

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• If you are passed out drunk or if there is a gun to your head, it is the same crime. It is a crime where there is not consent. It is a felony. And we need to start making sure victims understand that, so they don't do the self blame.

  Claire McCaskill

  Reality, Gun, Self

  4 Copy quote

• It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment.

  Martin Van Buren

  Country, Government, Punishment

  United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren), Martin Van Buren (1838). “Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress: At the Commencement of the Third Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress”, p.11

  16 Copy quote

  Show source

• Gross negligence in handling national security is a felony.

  Bill O'Reilly

  National Security, Gross, Negligence

  Source: www.foxnews.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source