Quotes about murder

In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profanation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendour. Judas elected those offences unvisited by any virtues: abuse of confidence and informing.
E. B. White
E. B. White
Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved Classics
Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.
Lindy West
Lindy West
American writer, comedian and activist
We only get one life. Wasting someone's time is the subtlest form of murder.
Brian Jacques
Brian Jacques
English novelist
There is no greater evil than killing. I don't care whether they call it war or justice. Life is precious.
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple
Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
English film director, producer, and screenwriter
Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
English film director, producer, and screenwriter
Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.