Nothing Ventured (William Warwick, #1)

by Jeffrey Archer

A police uniform, he was warned by the commander on his first day on parade, could change a person’s personality, and not always for the better.

“Sometimes you have to use common sense, which, when you’re dealing with the public, you’ll find isn’t that common.”

“Accept nothing, Believe no one, Challenge everything. It’s the only law I live by.”

“Criminals are like the rich, they don’t get up much before ten.”

We may have come from opposite sides of the tracks, Choirboy, but we do have one thing in common—we’re both a bit bonkers, but at least we’re doing the job we were destined for.

“You’ll remember Mark Twain’s comment about his father,” said Beth as they stepped off the bus. “‘When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he’d learned in seven years.’”

“Criminals always want to live in a law-abiding country,” said Hawksby. “It makes it easier for them to carry on with their business.”

Current GOP

Accept nothing, believe no one, and challenge everything.”

“Reputation is the shield of the righteous in difficult times,”