Burl > Burl's Quotes

“Well, if you don’t like the idea of one world, how many worlds do you want, and how would you like them divided? By race? By religion? By income? Unless you have a spare planet in your pocket, one world is all we have.”
― Burl Barer, The Saint

“Phil didn't know he was dead until he read it in the paper. All things considered, he took it rather well.”
― Burl Barer

“You can buy a Talking Barbie anywhere, but you can't even special order Listening Ken.”
― Burl Barer

“It all comes out in the wash. It's just the spin cycle that makes you crazy”
― Burl Barer

“When people tell me the heroin problem is so big,so tragic, so complicated, I say so what. So what. We can learn our way through this.”
― Paul Komarek, SHARP Stop Heroin and Rescue People: A Workbook for Communities

“Killing me loudly with your gun is not a good idea by any standard.”
― Burl Barer, A Taste For Murder

“Frank remembered a guy who killed his wife with a frying pan or a teapot or some other kind of kitchenware. The couple had been married for years, when the husband just snapped. Maybe he’d been nagged too much. Maybe she undercooked his steak or refused to clean his skid-marked undies. Who knows? He felt bad enough about the whole deal to stand around and wait for the cops to come and arrest his ass. He probably learned in state prison exactly how difficult it is to be someone’s wife.”
― Burl Barer, A Taste For Murder

“To appreciate a rose, you do not sniff the soil from which it grew; to understand a rose, you must know the soil that nourished it and gave it life.”
― Burl Barer, Betrayal In Blue: The Shocking Memoir Of The Scandal That Rocked The NYPD