Assassinate Quotes

“They can't kill your dreams, so they assassinate your character.”
― Nitya Prakash

“I looked over at the others. "Anyone have tree-climbing issues?"
Obviously Ash and I didn't. Daniel, Hayley, and Corey said they'd be fine. Chloe hoped she would—she had gymnastics training. Mr. Bae joked that it would be his first time in a couple of decades. Derek said nothing.
"Derek?"
"It looks like I'll be the guy doing the distracting. I'm not trusting a tree branch to hold me."
"You're not playing decoy," Chloe said. She turned to us. "I'm sorry. I know that sounds like a cop-out, but he really can't. The last time we were in a fight against the St. Clouds, the orders were to tranq all of us except Derek. For him, it was shoot to kill. They don't trust werewolves."
"I think they've calmed down," Derek said. "They've been watching us for months and haven't tried to assassinate me yet."
Chloe put her hands on her hips. "And that's your definition of acceptance? Not going out of their way to kill you?" ”
― Kelley Armstrong, The Rising

“What's the number of times that someone tried to assassinate you?'

He gives a one-shouldered shrug, his attention on the tableau below. 'Hard to know, but I'd guess there were a few dozen attempts since my sister came to power.'

That would be more than twice a year for every year since I met him. And that scar on his neck suggests that someone got very, very close.

I think of him as he was in the woods at thirteen, wanting to run away. Angry and afraid. I think of him lying on the sled this morning.

I poison everything I touch.

Every time I feel as though I know him, it seems there is another Oak underneath.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“You ran away,' he said. 'I want to run away.'

I shifted into a more comfortable position. It wasn't that I'd run. I hadn't had anywhere else but here to go. My fingers plucked at a piece of grass. He had everything, didn't he? 'Why?' I asked again.

'Because I am tired of people trying to assassinate me.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“When a police officer is pointing a gun at you, pulling your pants up is a proven way of getting you legally killed.”
― Steven Magee

“The statement ‘He adopted the shooters stance’ is a police officer’s license to kill.”
― Steven Magee

“For some, premature death comes from touching a door knob smeared with poison.”
― Steven Magee

“I do not own a gun in the USA because I recognize that it may get you legally killed by law enforcement.”
― Steven Magee

“In the era of surveillance of the masses, I like to use phrases like terrorists, assassinate, bomb, explosions, attack, weapons of mass destruction, and so on in my on-line activities to screw up the automated government surveillance software.”
― Steven Magee

“Why go to war when you can release a genetically modified virus to assassinate specific genetic types of people.”
― Steven Magee

“Why go to war when you can assassinate the key players of your enemies.”
― Steven Magee

“As a seasoned police corruption researcher, I understand why the public assassinate police officers.”
― Steven Magee

“I have to hand it to you people. Three attempts to kill Hitler in as many weeks and all of them botched. You would think that a group of senior army officers would know how to kill one man. It's what you're supposed to be good at, damn it. None of you seemed to have any trouble slaughtering millions during the Great War. But it seems beyond any of you to actually kill Hitler. Next thing you'll be telling me you were planning to use silver bullets to shoot the bastard.”
― Philip Kerr, Bernie Gunther