William Bernhardt > Quotes

“Insanity is my dominant characteristic. - Christina McCall”
― William Bernhardt, Naked Justice

“But we don't live in a perfect world. We live in a world where gossip passes for news, and sensationalism passes for journalism. - Christina McCall”
― William Bernhardt, Naked Justice

“I still believe in good and bad, in black and white, in right and wrong. I believe the guilty should be punished. I believe the law enforcement community has an obligation to make the world a better place, a safer placce. And I believe that with dedication and hard work, everyone can make a difference. Even lawyers. - Jack Bullock”
― William Bernhardt, Naked Justice

“Practicing law is not about winning. It's about justice. Simple, naked justice. It's about finding the truth. - Judge Sarah L. Hart”
― William Bernhardt, Naked Justice

“Anybody who expects privacy in the internet is delusional . - Ben Kincaid”
― William Bernhardt, Capitol Conspiracy

“Did you know there are more tax breaks for video game companies than for researchers pursuing medical developments or alternate fuels?”
― William Bernhardt, The Game Master

“Nothing was more tiresome than a candidate who started to believe his own spin.”
― William Bernhardt, The Game Master

“It's a combination of nature and nurture. Sometimes it's a part of teen rebellion, either to adopt or to refuse to adopt theses prejudices. Sometimes it's personality --- some people, happily, are just not predisposed to hate, no matter what the situation. Some young people are exposed to a forceful personality at a critical juncture who transforms their way of thinking. Education is obviously a factor, as it wealth. But you know what I really think makes the difference? And I'll admit up front I have no way of proving this. But I think in the long run it has to do with the subject's...how to say it?... exposure to ideas. Never once have I encountered a well-read man who was also a hatemonger. There are no Ph.D.s in the KKK. I truly believe that people who expose themselves to the arts -- fine arts, visual arts, poetry, literature --- people who expose themselves to good ideas will not end up adopting bad ones. It's the guys who don't come into contact with new and better thoughts --- who do their work and pay the bills but aren't exposed to new ideas in any way that influences them --- who are most likely to hang on to the old bad ideas they learned as a child. - Ben Kincaid”
― William Bernhardt, Hate Crime

“When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler - Trial Lawyer's canard”
― William Bernhardt, Naked Justice

“Kincaid, there's a reason why stereotypes become stereotypes. It's because they're true. - Harold Sacks”
― William Bernhardt, Naked Justice

“Another friend of mine defines writing as: Torturing your characters for fun and profit.”
― William Bernhardt, Powerful Premise: Writing the Irresistible

“You have to realize just because things don't have tangible reality, that doesn't mean they don't exist. Ideas are just as real as people and property. Ideas have changed the world profoundly to an extent most people never approach" - Father Beale”
― William Bernhardt, Criminal Intent

“The best way to play poker is to act like Jesus but play like the devil.”
― William Bernhardt, The Game Master

“Lawyers never forget. - Christine McCall”
― William Bernhardt , Murder One

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.   Anais Nin”
― William Bernhardt, Powerful Premise: Writing the Irresistible

“If you find out she sidelined money to pay off a porn star, she’s toast. Oh wait—that’s ok now.” “Only for men,”
― William Bernhardt, Court of Killers

“Trollope.”
― William Bernhardt, Partners in Crime

“People who hate gays aren't prejudiced because of some obscure passage in the BOok of Leviticus. This prejudice, like every other prejudice, is based on the fact that we are different from them. They don't care that mankind was made in God's image; they want the world to be mad in their image. Bottom line, they get uptight because I'm not just like them. And that scares them. And scared bunnies do crazy things. - Tony Barovick”
― William Bernhardt, Hate Crime

“Many things can be cured with experience and training. Stupidity is not one of them. - Leon”
― William Bernhardt, Capitol Threat

“You may outgun me, outman me, and outspend me. But I’m a writer. I will outplot you.”
― William Bernhardt, Plot/Counterplot

“I generally eschew frivolous and meaningless social encounters. - Arlo Patterson”
― William Bernhardt, Capitol Betrayal

“Don’t get old. It isn’t worth it, it isn’t fun, and it isn’t fair. You spend your whole life going from one moment to the next. A happy moment here, a sad one there. Working hard, living clean, starting a family, hoping you can stack two or three, maybe even four of the happy moments together. Trying to freeze time. Trying to fix the moment. But it can’t be done.” His pace slowed and his eyelids drooped lower over his eyes. “And then you’re old, and your life is like a book you”
― William Bernhardt, Primary Justice

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― William Bernhardt, Blind Justice

“If you want something bad enough, you find a way to make it happen. - Seamus McKay”
― William Bernhardt, Capitol Betrayal

“Mercy is the best attribute of humanity. The is nothing wrong with it. - Dr. Danie Estevez”
― William Bernhardt, Capitol Offense

“Archer Avenue,” Christina suggested. Ben snapped his lingers. “Or p-a could be part of the Red Parrot Café. That’s the bar across the street”
― William Bernhardt, Primary Justice

“Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
― William Bernhardt, Final Round: A Novel

“Don’t you think the cops will tear that place apart? Looking for evidence? They can’t go to trial with nothing but an audio recording.”
― William Bernhardt, Twisted Justice

“But if ever there was an argument to be made for the complex, it was sitting before him at this very moment.”
― William Bernhardt, Final Verdict

“He’d shot a 136—a full ten strokes better than Conner.”
― William Bernhardt, Final Round: A Novel