"A crowded police docket is the surest..." - Quote by Mark Twain
A crowded police docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty.
More by Mark Twain
“A person who has a cat by the tail knows a whole lot more about cats than someone who has just read about them.”
“I simply can´t resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course.”
“The future interests me - I'm going to spend the rest of my life there.”
More on Economy
“I hate to make predictions, but I think the economy is going to be permanently changed for the worse. I think our foreign policy is going to lead to changes that will be definitely for the worse, particularly if we drift into a nuclear Iran, which I gather that's what the administration is doing.”
“The cottage industry of India had to perish in order that Lancashire might flourish.”
“Illegal immigrants in considerable numbers have become productive members of our society and are a basic part of our work force. Those who have established equities in the United States should be recognized and accorded legal status. At the same time, in so doing, we must not encourage illegal immigration.”
More on Crime
“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
“When I was a fetus, I used to sneak out at night when my mother was sleeping. I figured I should start stealing stuff while I still had no fingerprints.”
“The wine-shops breed, in physical atmosphere of malaria and a moral pestilence of envy and vengeance, the men of crime and revolution.”