Criminal Minds quotes

Gideon

Do you know what program did the most harm to this country in terms of crimes like this? Child abduction.

No.

Reid

"Stranger Danger".

Gideon

Flooded the schools with it.

Reid

I remember them coming to my classroom. It was "Officer Friendly" with "Stranger Danger" coloring books.

Gideon

Taught a whole generation about a scary man in a trench coat hiding behind a tree. Then we learnt that strangers are only a fraction of the offenders out there. Most are people you see every day. Your family, your neighbors, your school teachers. You know the rest. Prepared our children for 1% of the danger and made them more vulnerable to 99%.

Gideon

"Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done." Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Gideon

Hey, Hotch, did you send flowers to that tech room girl, Garcia, and say they were from me?

Hotchner

Yeah.

Gideon

Why?

Hotchner

Jason, people need to know that they're important and sometimes you forget that.

Gideon

Well, I already sent her a gift, an MP3 player. They last longer unless you drop it or the battery dies, whichever comes first.

Hotchner

So she got two gifts.

Gideon

What if she thinks I'm sweet on her?

Gideon

Roman philosopher Lucretius wrote, "What is food to one, is to others bitter poison."

Gideon

Mr. Fisher?

Shrink or cop?

Gideon

Well, I'm an FBI profiler, so I guess I'm a little of each.

Gideon

Well, he's raw, broken, and seriously pissed off.

Hotchner

But he didn't hurt the son to get back at the mother?

Gideon

Not consciously, no.

Gideon

Confucius warned us, "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves." [NOTE: This quote is falsely attributed to Confucius and is actually attributed in English sources as a Japanese proverb as early as 1924.]

Gideon

"Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." Genesis 9:6

Hotchner

Are there more bodies?

If I told you that, what would I have left for myself?

Hotchner

You could help these families get closure before you die.

Pass.

Gideon

I think you're innocent.

We're all guilty of something.

Hotchner

How many others are there?

I only have a few hours left and, though I like you – and I do like you – I'd like to be alone now. [offering his hand for a shake] Good meeting you, Hotch.

Hotchner

[ignoring his hand] I'm not done yet.

Oh, me neither.

Gideon

Albert Pine said, "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."

Gideon

Norman Maclean wrote, "It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us."

Morgan

[regarding Max Ryan] I heard he was forced into early retirement.

Hotchner

No, he chose to retire.

Reid

He's written a new book on the Keystone Killer case.

Hotchner

He moved to Philadelphia to be closer to the crime scenes.

Greenaway

That's retirement?

Morgan

BAU style.

Reid

What do you think of Ryan?

Hotchner

He hasn't changed much.

Reid

I think we can learn a lot from him.

Hotchner

What could you possibly learn that you don't already know?

Reid

Hotch, repetitive thinking is a death mill for the brain. For complete brain usage, diverse stimulation is the key.