Serpico Best Quotes & Sayings

I had gone through a near-death experience, and that gives you an insight into how fleeting life is, and what's important. — Frank Serpico

Cops today are nothing but an armed tax collector — Frank Serpico

It is the docile who achieve the most impossible things in this world. — Rabindranath Tagore

The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity. — Frank Serpico

I used to think, 'How can I write my life story? I'm still living it.' — Frank Serpico

Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime. — Frank Serpico

Yet my study of the history of religion has revealed that human beings are spiritual animals. Indeed, there is a case for arguing that Homo sapiens is also Homo religiosus — Karen Armstrong

The problem is that the atmosphere does not yet exist in which honest police officers can act without fear of ridicule or reprisal from fellow officers. — Frank Serpico

The reality is that we do not wash our own laundry - it just gets dirtier. — Frank Serpico

Honestly, Mum, how can you say someone's a great writer if you've got a stack of reference books next to you? It's just showing off. If I behaved like that in front of other people, you'd totally tell me off when we got home. So.why is it alright for T. S. Eliot to swagger about like a complete know it all and make the rest of us feel stupid? — Val McDermid

There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled. — Saul Perlmutter

My acting career began on the streets of New York. When I was a cop, I played many impressive roles, from derelict to a doctor, and my life often depended on my performance. — Frank Serpico

Yesterday I accidentally hit a little kid with my car. It wasn't serious - nobody saw me. — Anthony Jeselnik

Going through life solo isn't very exciting if you can't share it with somebody, you know? — Tommy Lee

I'm retarded - I mean I'm retired. — Frank Serpico

An honest cop still can't find a place to go and complain without fear of recrimination. The blue wall will always be there because the system supports it. — Frank Serpico

With so much money riding on reported numbers, human nature is to manipulate them. And with so many doing it, you get Serpico effects, where everyone rationalizes that it's okay because everyone else is doing it. It is always thus. — Charlie Munger

I like, for instance, 'Serpico.' I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could - I could embody him. I could, you know, I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It's almost like a painter having a model to become. — Al Pacino

I love the early films of Al Pacino - 'Scarface,' 'Serpico' - and I love many science-fiction films. — Ornella Muti

In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war; we must recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint. — Lyndon B. Johnson

The whole f**king system is corrupt. — Frank Serpico