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. Bernhard Goetz Read Quote
To shoot a gun proficiently, including speed shooting, is much less of a skill than typing. Bernhard Goetz Read Quote
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. Bernhard Goetz Read Quote
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. Bernhard Goetz Read Quote
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. Bernhard Goetz Read Quote
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. Bernhard Goetz Read Quote
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. Bernhard Goetz Read Quote
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. Bernhard Goetz Read Quote
