Jason Gideon quotes from Criminal Minds

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Joseph Conrad said, "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."

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The unidentified subject is white, in his late twenties. He's someone you wouldn't notice at first, he's someone who'd blend into any crowd. Violent nature of the crime suggests previous criminal record, petty crimes, maybe auto theft. We've classified him as an organised killer, careful, psychopath as opposed to psychotic. He follows the news, has good hygiene, he's smart. Because he's smart, the only physical evidence you'll find is what he wants you to find. He's mobile, car in good condition. Our guess, Jeep Cherokee, tinted windows. Murders all involve rapes, but rape without penetration is a form of piquerism, and that tells us that he is sexually inadequate. Psychiatric evaluations will show a history of paranoia, stemming from a childhood trauma, death of a parent or family member. And now he feels persecuted and watched. Murder gives him a sense of power. Organised killers have a fascination with law enforcement, they will inject themselves into the investigation. They will even come forward as witnesses, to see just how much the police really know. That makes him feel powerful, in control. Which is why I also think, in fact I know, you have already interviewed him.

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Emerson said, "All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle."

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"The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you will see." Winston Churchill [NOTE: The actual quotation by Churchill was, "The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward." The attribution of the mistaken form of the quote dates from at least 1959.]

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Nietzsche once said, "When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks into you."

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Einstein once said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

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Faulkner once said, "Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."

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Samuel Johnson wrote, "Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble."

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[incredulously] Except Walker's not a bomber... he's a forger. [promptly whips out his radio] Get outta there, now! Now!

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French poet Jacques Rigaut said, "Don't forget that I cannot see myself. That my role is limited to being the one who looks in the mirror."

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Rose Kennedy once said, "Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?"

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Euripides said, "When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him."

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Euripides said, "When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor nor worthiness."

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Nietzsche wrote, "The irrationality of a thing is not an argument against its existence, rather, a condition of it."

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Dr. Thomas Fuller wrote, "With foxes, we must play the fox."