The Criminal Minds series is an American drama television series created by Jeff Davis for CBS. The show is about profiling serial killers, psychopaths, and other unusual criminals.
The Criminal Minds films have been released in a total of six films so far, with the most recent one being released in 2018. This film was directed by the show’s co-creator and executive producer of the first three seasons, John Gray law Scott and had a runtime of 122 minutes.
The first installment was released back in 2005 and became a hit that would gross over $775 million at the worldwide box office, making it one of the highest-grossing television film franchises.
In 2009, CBS announced that they had canceled the TV series after poor ratings, leading to an outcry from fans on social media.
Here are some famous quotes from the show that will give you great life lessons and the human capacity for evil.
31 Criminal Minds Quotes From The Best Show Ever
1. “Look at me. Without a gun, I look like a teacher’s assistant!” ― Dr. Spencer Reid
2. “And so the guessing game begins! From what nook or cranny will our new missing head roll out?” — David Rossi
3. “It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge. Friedrich Nietzsche.” — Dr. Spencer Reid
4. “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. Paul Boese.” (Season 9)
5. “I’ve always heard every ending is also a beginning. We just don’t know it at the time. I’d like to believe that’s true.” — Emily Prentiss
6. “The business of incarceration is extremely lucrative and virtually recession-proof.” — Dr. Spencer Reid
7. “One of the deep secrets in life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others. Lewis Carroll.” (Episode 3, Season 8)
8. “When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks into you. Friedrich Nietzsche.” (Season 9, Episode 14)
9. “How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. Wayne Dyer.” (Episode 8, Season 10)
10. “Logic dictates that if you believe in one, you have to reconcile the existence of the other.” ― Dr. Spencer Reid
11. “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you’ve really stopped to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. ― Hotch
12. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller.” (Episode 12, Season 6)
13. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars. Khalil Gibran.” (Episode 2, Season 3)
14. “Evil is always unspectacular and always human. And shares our bed…and eats at our table. W.H Auden.” (Season 1, Episode 12)
15. “You’d be surprised how many killers do what they do because of their parents.” — Dr. Spencer Reid
16. “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love. Washington Irving.” (Episode 11, Season 5)
17. “We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. Iris Murdoch.” (Season 14, Episode 4)
18. “Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom.” (Episode 6, Season 9)
19. “Evil can’t be scientifically defined: it’s an illusory moral concept that doesn’t exist in nature. Its origins and connotations have been inextricably been linked to religion and mythology.” ― Dr. Spencer Reid
20. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. Helen Keller.” (Episode 5, Season 2)
21. “Life is a hell of a thing to happen to someone”― David Rossi
22. “The number of pathogens passed during a handshake is staggering. It’s actually safer to kiss.” — Dr. Spencer Reid
23. “Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.” Friedrich Nietzsche” (Season 13, Episode 21)
24. “Destroying a book is like…destroying a whole world.” — Diana Reid
25. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for the good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke.” (Season 7, Episode 22)
26. “Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all. Emily Dickinson.” (Episode 16, Season 5)
27. “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” Mark Twain.”(Season 13, Episode 20)
28. “Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein.” (Episode 4, Season 1)
29. “Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them? Rose Kennedy.” (Episode 4, Season 1)
30. “No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. John Steinbeck.” (Season 11, Episode 21)
31. “In order to learn the most important lessons in life, one must each day surmount a fear. Ralph Waldo Emerson.” (Episode 10, Season
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