“I haunted streets, whorehouses, police stations, courtrooms, theater stages, jails, saloons, slums, madhouses, fires, murders, riots, banquet halls and bookshops. I ran everywhere in the city like a fly buzzing in the works of a clock, tasted more than any fit belly could hold, learned not to sleep, and buried myself in a tick-tock of whirling hours that still echo in me.” StillsHoursSleepCitiesFireStreetsStageFitMurderTheaterPoliceClockRanStationsHallsJailBuriedEchoesBellyRiotTickSlumsBanquetsCourtroomBookshopsSaloonsMadhousesTockTick Tock Author:Ben Hecht
“A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads, Low Bridge Ahead. Before he knows it, the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, Got stuck, huh? The truck driver says, No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas.” KnowsHandsWalksCarLowsPoliceCome UpDrivingMilesStuckHipsBridgesRanGasDriversCopTruckDeliveringFreewaysTruck DriverPolice Cars Author:Bill Engvall
“The police pulled me over and asked me if I have anything illegal in my car. I looked at my cousin and I ran.” IfsCarPoliceRanIllegalCousinMy Cousin Author:Felipe Esparza
“When I ran for mayor of New York City, the first time, some people voted eight and ten times. And second time I had firefighters and police officers outside checking on the buses so we take down the number of the bus, the bus had voted ten times, and wouldn't let the bus vote again.” PeopleFirstsNumbersCitiesNew YorkTenFirst TimeVotePoliceEightRanBusNew York CityOfficersMayorsPolice OfficerFirefighter Author:Rudy Giuliani
“The other thing that troubled me: Dad was clutching his workbag. Usually when he does that, it means we're in danger. Like the time gunmen stormed into our hotel in Cairo. I heard shots coming from the lobby and ran downstairs to check on my dad. By the time I got there, he was just calmly zipping up his workbag while three unconscious gunmen hung by their feet from the chandelier, their robes falling over their heads so you could see their boxer shorts. Dad claimed not to have witnessed anything, and in the end the police blamed a freak chandelier malfunction.” MeanDoeEndsFallThreeHeardFeetDangerDadShotsPoliceMy DadChecksRanUnconsciousHotelFreakHungBoxersRobesShortsCairoMalfunctionChandeliersGunmen Author:Rick Riordan
“Corporations are legal fictions created by the State to shield executives from liability… It’s like if I had a little hand-puppet, and I went to rob a bank, and the hand-puppet held the little gun and told people to hand over all the money, and then the hand-puppet grabbed the money and ran out, and then I got caught and I handed the hand-puppet over the police and then the police tried the hand-puppet, put the hand-puppet in jail, and I get to keep all the money.” PeopleIfsLittlesStatesHandsFictionGunPoliceCaughtCorporationsRanExecutivesJailShieldsPuppetsLiabilityLittle Hands Author:Stefan Molyneux
“Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding in a little thicket of grass at my school, and went to sleep.” LittlesSchoolSleepPoliceGrassRanHidingFind MeNo SleepThickets Author:Zhang Ziyi
“When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.” PeoplePersonsPoliceRanJailFavorite Person Author:Flavor Flav
“Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.” PeopleSchoolPoliticsCommonOur LivesProgramPoliceCourtPrisonCommon SenseEducatedRanWelfareExpertsDepartmentCivilizedElitesReplacedPolice DepartmentWelfare Programs Author:Walter E. Williams