I got an idea. Start a fire, take the insurance money, don't look back! Arson is almost impossible to prove.
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Quotes tagged ‘Arson’
Some days, some nights I dream that I am walking into the Greendale woods, in the peak of dry season with a lit torch in each hand so that I’d watch the whole forest burn, like so much kindling. Have a lovely little sleep, my darling.
— Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Salli Richardson Whitfield, Jeff Woolnough, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Ross Maxwell, Rob Seidenglanz, Oanh Ly, Michael Goi, Matthew Barry, Alex Garcia Lopez, Mj Kaufman, Christina Ham, Donna Thorland, Hilda Spellman, Lucy Davis, imdb.com
Kevin: Baby, hand me those matches. I’m about to burn this door down. Michelle: You’re going to light a fire in a windowless room that we’re trapped in. Kevin: Why do you got to make my ideas sound stupid?
[Evaluating her new home] A little gasoline...blowtorch...no problem.
— Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, Warren Skaaren, Delia Deetz, Catherine O'Hara, imdb.com
Luke: Maybe I can just blow the whole thing off, go hit the beach, give everybody time to get it out of their systems. Ryan: It doesn't work like that. It's been months and I'm still the kid from Chino that burned a house down. Marissa: And I'm still the girl who tried to kill herself in Mexico. Set…
— Allan Heinberg, Josh Schwartz, Seth Cohen, Adam Brody, imdb.com
Anna: Wait. Are you the kid from Chino who steals cars and sets people's houses on fire? So you're saying I'm making my debut into society with Newport's most wanted? Ryan: Is that gonna be a problem? Anna: I can't wait.
— Allan Heinberg, Josh Schwartz, Anna Stern, Samaire Armstrong, imdb.com
[Speaking of the Girl Scouts] You know, I have never trusted this organization. Think about it. A bunch of impressionable young children wearing paramilitary uniforms, reciting oaths, and learning how to start fires—does anybody else have a bad feeling about this?
— Steven Peterman, Gary Dontzig, Korby Siamis, Murphy Brown, Candice Bergen, imdb.com
'Hey, Claire. How was your trip to China?' 'Oh, you know, we committed arson, and then got killed by an evil ninja cult. It was great. What’d you do this weekend?'
Every time I light a fire in my life, you find a way to make sure it burns the forest down.
My father always said you'd become a man when you bought your first house. I'm not sure what he meant, though, because he burned ours down during a drunken fight with mom.
Butt-head: Uh…Hey Beavis. I got an idea. Beavis: Yeah, me too! Let's go over to Stewart's house and burn something. [holds up a lighter]
Ray: Why'd you light your house on fire, Bunch? Bunchy: I don't like it. Why'd you pull a gun on pop? Ray: I don't like him.
In my lifetime I have murdered 21 human beings. I have committed thousands of burglaries, robberies Larcenys, [sic] arsons and last but not least I have committed sodomy on more than 1,000 male human beings. for all of these things I am not the least bit sorry. I have no conscience so that does not…
You wanna start a fire, you need to control the burn. Otherwise, we all go up in an inferno.
Arsonists are often mission based. They need to make sure their first fire has burnt out before they set another one. They're also highly disciplined and focused. If conditions aren't right to set a fire or, in this case, slash a throat, they'll move on.
— Jess Prosser, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com
Don't go setting fires where there's nothing to burn.
— Dave Erickson, Chris Collins, Clay Morrow, Ron Perlman, imdb.com
But I don't know, maybe [the fire] had something to do with the song, like 'I Won't Back Down' and things. Because I felt really elated that they didn't get me. ... The thought that was going through my head [was] 'Whoa, you bastards, you didn't get me.'