#detectives

I don't mind your showing me your legs. They're very swell legs and it's a pleasure to make their acquaintace. I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter nights. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#sharp #manners

The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent. ↗

— Barry White

#came #cat #chops #cops #detectives

Well I think that the mind of a serial killer and the mind of the detectives represent the duality we face as people. ↗

— Paul Guilfoyle

#duality #face #i #i think #killer

Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#case #cases #cold #court #court cases

Yes, and many times it's frustrating, because I'm simply part of the show, and I'm not in the creative end of it, who goes out with detectives and tries to find these things out. ↗

— Robert Stack

#creative #detectives #end #find #frustrating

You're right on the money with that. We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all looking for. ↗

— David Lynch

#end #life #like #looking #money

I know when I was here prosecuting homicides in the District of Columbia, one of the most effective units here was the cold case squad, which had on it FBI agents, as well as Metropolitan Police Department homicide detectives working together. ↗

— Robert Mueller

#case #cold #columbia #department #detectives

Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#characteristics #detection #detectives #facts #obviousness

...You have any suggestions, make them. I'm in charge but humble. No need to salute when you see me." Fraser said, "Mind if we snicker every once in a while behind your back?" "Hell, no," I said. "Everyone else does. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#humor #leadership #spenser #humor

Thank you sir," she said. "I hope that your friend feels better soon." I shrugged. "The ways of the Lord" I said, "are often dark, but never pleasant. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#humor #religon #spenser #humor