Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status. – David Mamet
In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other. – David Mamet
The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same). – David Mamet
When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry. – David Mamet
Ive made movies that I thought were good. Ive made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good. And sometimes youre in a movie and you think, I wish more people saw that – because youre good. And it just works out that the movie gets lost. But thats show business. – Christopher Walken