370 Quotes by Mark M. Bello

With over twenty years on the circuit court bench and a neutral position with no skin in the game, Judge Paul Shipley was the wisest man in the room.

Brown-nosing kiss ass! I don’t give a shit; I’m about to get exactly what I want.

At the end of the day, however, these men were scientists. People lie, cheat, steal, even commit murder. On the contrary, science always tells the truth.

Weaver smiled as he remembered, word-for-word, his criminal procedure professor’s ‘three rules’ lecture for criminal defense lawyers: ‘One, get the money up front; two, the client does the time, not you, and three, get the money up front.’ Zachary Blake was a guy who always got paid, one way or another.

Losing was out of the question.

If the jury acquitted Jack, their verdict would brand Weaver as the loser of the biggest case in Manistee history. The community would remember; local judges, defense lawyers and fellow prosecutors would remember. Weaver would be that prosecutor who couldn’t convict the bombing guy.

Florida? Are you kidding? I hate golf and it’s too fucking hot down there. They have hurricanes, for Christ’s sake. I’m not ready to retire.

All these politically correct left-wing shitheads tell us this is a great country because of its diversity. This country was great before black and brown people arrived. The mistake was bringing them here in the first place . . .

Why is it, when the Muslim community is targeted, the perpetrators are not called terrorists, but when a Muslim perpetrates a similar offense against a white citizen, he or she is branded a terrorist? Isn’t this a distinction without a difference? Why the double standard?