The Lock Artist Quotes

“I didn't know that once you've proven yourself useful to the wrong people, you'll never be free again.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“Somewhere in the ocean, a shark was missing its cold eyes because this man had them.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“So there it was. My big lesson of the day, something I’d take with me and never forget. The whole legal system – if you think it’s just a big set of rules, you’re dead wrong. It’s really a bunch of people sitting around and talking to each other, deciding what they want to do with you. When they make their decision, then they pull out whatever rule they need to make it happen.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“The greatest puzzle in the world, young man, the greatest challenge a man can face, is solving the riddle of a woman's heart.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“This could be your big ticket,” he said. “You know what happens to you at art school?”

I shook my head.

“All that good natural technique you have? All that detail? They’ll beat it right out of you. They’ll be so threatened by it, they’ll make you start throwing paint at the canvas like a monkey. By the time you graduate, the only thing you’ll be able to do is teach art to high school kids.”

Okay, I thought. I’m glad he’s excited for me.

“On the plus side, you’ll probably get laid a lot.”

I gave him a nod and a quick thumbs-up. He patted me on the shoulder and then left me alone.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“I'm the undisputed champion of keeping my mouth shut and just sitting there like a piece of furniture.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“I’ve noticed how most people don’t know how to listen.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“I didn’t know any better. I didn’t know that once you’ve proven yourself useful to the wrong people, you’ll never be free again.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“I stood up. I took the ring box out of my jacket. I put it on her pillow. I did all of this for you, Amelia. And now I have to do one more thing.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“He was scared. I could see that as clearly as I could see his face. This gun in his hand, it was supposed to take the fear away, to make him the master of this whole situation. But it was doing exactly the opposite. It was making him so scared he could barely think straight. This was an instant lesson for me, even at nine years old. It was something I’d remember forever.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“You touch a safe the way you touch a woman,” he”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“No patience. No skill. No intelligence. Just brute strength. They have to break something. It’s the only way they know.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“Nobody is safe. Ever. Anywhere. I”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“I’ll out-quiet anybody, in any venue for any stakes.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“It’s not nearly far enough if you’ve already become famous for something you want to forget forever.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

“These are the methods of crude men. They can’t face the challenge that a safe presents to them. They can’t face the safe on its own terms. So they do what? Same thing men have been doing for thousands of years, right? They resort to violence.”

He grabbed the dolly and tucked it under the safe.

“No patience. No skill. No intelligence. Just brute strength. They have to break something. It’s the only way they know.”
― Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist