Home / Authors / Dave Cullen

Dave Cullen Quotes

Author

Browse famous quotes by Dave Cullen.

Filter quotes by topic

All Bible Columbine Emotions False Investigation Hostage Hostage Crisis Hostage Situation Incorrect Media Reporting Investigations Loneliness

Famous Dave Cullen Quotes

“One thoughtful Evangelical pastor said he approved of using the massacre for recruitment, as long as it was truly done for God. He bristled at "spiritual headhunters, just racking up another scalp. The Bible was never meant to be a club," he said. "If I'm using it as a weapon, that's really sad.”

Religion Spirituality Bible Missionaries

Book:Columbine

Source: Columbine

“What good were special talents when there was no one to share them with?”

Loneliness Sharing Talents Lonely People Special Talents Shared Memories

Book:Columbine

Source: Columbine

“The goal with hostages is to gradually lower expectations; in nonhostage crises, it's to lower emotions.”

Emotions Hostage Hostage Crisis Hostage Situation

Book:Columbine

Source: Columbine

“Reverend Don Marxhausen disagreed with all the riffs on Satan. He saw two boys with hate in their eyes and assault weapons in their hands. He saw a society that needed to figure out how and why - fast. Blaming Satan was just letting them off easy, he felt, and copping out on our responsibility to investigate. The "end of days" fantasy was even more infuriating.”

Mental Health Mass Shootings Columbine Investigations Teen Suicide False Investigation Incorrect Media Reporting Media Speculation

Book:Columbine

Source: Columbine

“from the Basement tapes Eric outdid Dylan with the apologies. To the untrained eye, he seemed sincere. The psychologists on the case found Eric less convincing. They saw a psychopath. Classic. He even pulled the stunt of self-diagnosing to dismiss it. "I wish I was a fucking sociopath so I didn't have any remorse," Eric said. "But I do." Watching that made Dr. Fuselier angry. Remorse meant a deep desire to correct a mistake. Eric hadn't done it yet. He excused his actions several times on the tapes. Fuselier was tough to rattle, but that got to him. "Those are the most worthless apologies I've ever heard in my life," he said. It got more ludicrous later, when Eric willed some of his stuff to two buddies, "if you guys live." "If you live?" Fuselier repeated. "They are going to go in there and quite possibly kill their friends. If they were the least bit sorry they would not do it!”

Murder Nonfiction Psychopathic Personalities

Book:Columbine

Source: Columbine