Murderers

Famous quotes containing the word murderers:

“Bruno Antony: Tell me, Judge, after you’ve sentenced a man to the chair, isn’t it difficult to go out and eat your dinner after that?
Judge Dolan: When a murderer is caught he must be tried, when he is convicted he must be sentenced, when he is sentenced to death he must be executed.
Bruno Antony: Quite impersonal, isn’t it?
Judge Dolan: So it is. Besides, it doesn’t happen every day.
Bruno Antony: So, few murderers are caught?”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)

“My villain, my hero you mean. I always think of my murderers as my heroes.”
—Samson Raphaelson (1896–1983)

“Where do murderers go, man! Who’s to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to the bar?”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)