The Last Witness Quotes

“There’s more politics in the police department than the Catholic Church,”
― Joel Goldman, The Last Witness

“The relationship between Fiora and the mayor was more complicated than a backwoods family tree”
― Joel Goldman, The Last Witness

“framed law school diploma on a third. Mason examined it closely to be certain that Campbell’s degree wasn’t from the Columbia School of Broadcasting.”
― Joel Goldman, The Last Witness

“Just don’t confuse luck with brilliance. Don’t think because you were born on third base that you hit a triple. Do something with your life that makes a difference for someone beside yourself. Otherwise, you’ll never score. You’ll just die on third base.”
― Joel Goldman, The Last Witness

“Mostly because you’re an upper-middle-class white male and this country doesn’t like anything better than that. Just don’t confuse luck with brilliance. Don’t think because you were born on third base that you hit a triple. Do something with your life that makes a difference for someone beside yourself. Otherwise, you’ll never score. You’ll just die on third base.”
― Joel Goldman, The Last Witness

“No matter how much crap a man has,” she told him when she visited his office, “he will fill every available inch of open space. Put him in a smaller office with just as much stuff, and the stuff shrinks to fit. Add a hundred square feet and his stuff will spread over it like a rising”
― Joel Goldman, The Last Witness