Moskos Cop Quotes & Sayings

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself. — Dick Cavett

There's nothing so heavy as books, sir
unless it's bricks. — Graham Greene

A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it. — Paolo Bacigalupi

The claims of existing social arrangements and of self interest have been duly allowed for. We cannot at the end count them a second time because we do not like the result. — John Rawls

Superman, spider man, batman, all lost their parents in their childhood, they all had to live their lives against the conspiracy of villains, and even after these miseries they don't hesitate to save people or to forgive the villains, that's why they are superheroes. — Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury

After six months in the academy, trainees learn to: Respect the chain of command and their place on the bottom of that chain. Sprinkle "sir" and "ma'am" into casual conversation. Salute. Follow orders. March in formation. Stay out of trouble. Stay awake. Be on time. Shine shoes. — Peter Moskos

The transition from the concept of information in the technical (communication engineering) sense to the semantic (theory of meaning) sense was indeed difficult, if not impossible. — Anatol Rapoport

Maybe I should tell her that things without meaning are the most beautiful ones. It's a good sentence, she'll like it. — Elena Ferrante

Remarkable ... Moskos manages to capture a world that most people know only through the distorting prism of television and film, where police officers are usually portrayed as quixotically heroic or contemptibly corrupt. — Daniel Horan