Bernhard Goetz Quotes

Anyone, any type of story, it doesn’t have to be a crime victim, you don’t have to let yourself be food for the media.

You can’t let yourself be pushed around. You can’t live in fear. That’s no way to live your life.

I think vegetarianism is a crucial ethical choice for an individual and a society.

Society is better off without certain people.

I thought I was a pretty good physical specimen. But there was a teenager from Brooklyn, who basically wiped the floor with me on the street. He gave me a punch that I didn’t even feel. All I knew I was looking up at the sky. I tried to fight him, and I got a number of injuries after that.

You can’t let yourself be pushed around. You can’t live in fear. I mean, some people do live in fear. You can’t live in fear. That’s no way to live your life.

I would, without any hesitation, shoot a violent criminal again.

Jail is much easier on people who have nothing.

If you have love in your life, you have life.

If you like affection, then about one in three squirrels makes an excellent companion.

I don’t regret pulling the trigger. I should have been more careful with many of the things I said afterwards. That was a big regret.

Anyone, any type of story, it doesnt have to be a crime victim, you dont have to let yourself be food for the media.

With my time in the limelight, I regret that I didnt use it more to push vegetarianism. I support vegetarian options in the school lunch program.

I have my values. I do things that I think are right. I think it is crucial for mankind to go vegetarian. In fact, I think if the United States and one other major power becomes basically vegetarian, the whole world will become vegetarian, eventually.

During my jury selection process, we went through over 360 jurors. It took six months, all New York residents. Of the 360 jurors, over half of them had been mugged one time. Quite a number of them, maybe 30 40, 50, had been mugged twice.

You know how some people complain about the way carriage horses are treated? That they are in a small stall? That is mistreatment. In a holding cell, you get very bored. You have no newspapers, you have no anything.

I was a monster. I don’t deny it. I wasn’t a monster until a few years ago. But you have to be a monster to survive in New York City. New York City doesn’t give a damn about violence.

I go to Union Square Park, mostly to take care of squirrels.