Top quotes by Nancy Grace

I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession. Votes: 23

I have faith in the jury system. Votes: 14

After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again. Votes: 13

I grew up in a courtroom kind of like the one you saw in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - big, big courtroom, sometimes it didn't even have air conditioning. Votes: 13

Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection. Votes: 13

My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad. Votes: 12

As a prosecutor, I got a paycheck for coming to work every day. I didn't get a promotion when I won, and I didn't get a demotion when I did a bad job. Votes: 10

To suggest that you can't be both a mother who is completely in love with her babies, and a professional who is tough and tenacious, is ridiculous. Votes: 10

I don't like juries having the wool pulled over their eyes. I don't think that's what the Constitution is about. Votes: 9

I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims. Votes: 8

I think the truth is black-and-white. Votes: 7

Look, the justice system is made up of people. People have faults. It's not perfect. Votes: 7

Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that. Votes: 7

I majored in Shakespearean studies at a very tiny school in Georgia. Votes: 7

All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on my bread, because TV is fickle. You can be loved one day and hated the next day. One day, you're getting an award. And the next day, you're getting a death threat. Votes: 6

I'm not a judge. Votes: 6

Believe it or not, there are people who want to be on juries. Votes: 6

I really like my doctors. Some of them I love. I trust them. Votes: 4

With every story that TV covers, somebody - some corporation, some shareholders - are making money. That's true whether covering Libya, Iraq, the tsunami in Japan, Osama bin Laden, whatever story there is. That day, the shareholders are making money off it. Every newspaper that's sold, somebody's making a dime. Votes: 4

What joy would I get from putting the wrong person behind bars? Votes: 3

I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket. Votes: 3

I was 47 when I got pregnant. I'd been trying for a couple of years and thought it would never happen. Votes: 3

A lot of police shootings are justified, but many others are not. Votes: 3

I went nearly 30 years without being able to really seriously entertain marriage or a family. In fact, the word 'marriage' would actually give me a shake when it was brought up. Votes: 2

You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research. Votes: 2

I do not favor the gag order. Votes: 2

I often get too emotionally involved in my cases. Votes: 2

I was in the courtroom prosecuting violent felonies for well over a decade. Votes: 1

I would have liked to personally have prosecuted Scott Peterson. Votes: 1

I'm on a search for the truth. Votes: 1

Based on what I know of the case, Burke Ramsey was not the killer. I absolutely do not believe that Burke Ramsey had anything to do with his sister's murder. Votes: 0

Crimes are being committed 24/7, 365 days a year. My show aired one hour a day, and then a repeat at 2 a.m. So I am launching a website, a crime-fighting website, a community. I will be writing for the website and curating content. Also, we'll have social media, Facebook Live, and a podcast. I'm really excited about it, and I believe we will help people - find missing people, solve unsolved homicides. Votes: 0

For the most part, cops are decent and honorable, but that's how I know that there are bad cops, cops that you think you know so well. Votes: 0

Hailey [as a character] was born when I left the courtroom and moved to New York for Cochran and Grace, my TV show with Johnnie Cochran. I moved with two boxes of clothes, a curling iron, and $300; I didn't know a soul in the city, so I would come home at night and I'd be all alone and just write. I missed the courtroom and [what led me to the courtroom] so much I wrote about it. After my fiancé Keith's murder, I had never thought I would have children - I thought that it was not God's plan for me to have a family. Votes: 0

Honestly, some cases have been more famous than others - like Tot Mom, or Steven Avery, or Scott Peterson - but I would not characterize any one as being more special to me, more intriguing, or more important because that would be placing one victim as more important, or one defendant as more [notorious] than others, and I don't think that's right. Votes: 0

I am not anti-cop, I am pro-cop. Votes: 0

I believe very firmly that dash cams and body cams should be instituted for every single police officer in this country. Admit it, isn't it true that you behave differently when people are watching you? You chew with your mouth closed and you mind your table manners because people are watching. Cops are no different. Dash cams and body cams should be standard operating procedure. Votes: 0

I cracked a child prostitution ring - I'd worked with three vice cops every day for months, out on the street, in the cold, trying to track down the pervs and the young girls being prostituted.We finally got the convictions.Six or seven months later, I was working, and I glanced up at the TV, and it was a report on a federal case.It was all three of them, in federal court, in handcuffs. Every time they busted a drug lord or a doper, they'd take all their money and their jewelry and flat screens before sending them to jail. They had been stealing from dopers for years! Votes: 0

I did marry, I did get pregnant, but as I was giving birth, my daughter and I almost died. We were rushed to the hospital. I had an emergency cesarean and in that moment, in the emergency room, I felt my grandmother come to me. She was with me and when my daughter was born, instead of naming her Hailey, I named her Lucy after my grandmother. Hailey lives in the pages of my books. Votes: 0

I don't expect everybody to like me. If you try to please everybody, by changing your position and your personality, every time you do that you lose a little bit of yourself. Votes: 0

I don't know how much longer that's going to last but I can tell you this much: If I was to listen and pay attention to everyone that criticized me for, some rightly and some wrongly, I'd stay home under the bed. I don't mean under the covers, I mean under the bed. I would never have achieved a single thing. Votes: 0

I don't really want to have any part of getting guilty people off. Votes: 0

I had always wanted to name a daughter Hailey, after Halley's comet from Once in a Lifetime. Votes: 0

I had no plans to be ever a lawyer, a crime fighter [in school]. Votes: 0

I love to be with my twins. They are my true joy in life. Votes: 0

I love to cook. In fact, at this exact moment, I am trying something new: I am cooking a whole chicken in my crockpot, which I've never done before. I browned it with garlic powder, salt and pepper, and I put a bunch of celery and onions - which I'll have to hide from the children because they claim to hate onions - and I'm going to make homemade mashed cream potatoes. I always, before I leave for work in the morning, have supper cooking. That way, when I come home and they come home from school, there's all kinds of good smells in the house. Votes: 0

I never thought I'd get to have children; to me [they're] just a miracle. Votes: 0

I really believe that professional wrestlers are not protected. I think everybody gets a big kick out of watching them and whether the wrestling is real or not, people love watching it. Votes: 0

I think all politicians lie. Votes: 0

I think that those wrestlers, those women and men that go in the ring are not protected. I don't think anybody is ever looking out for them and I think that they are used badly. Votes: 0

I very much miss trying cases - I knew that I made a difference in the world working with crimes directly and trying to get verdicts that spoke the truth. On TV, you never really know what effect you're having. Votes: 0

I was a prosecutor for many years, I'm a crime victim myself, and I've tried so many cases I don't even know how many anymore. Votes: 0

I would wipe my tears, and walk out of the stall and the bathroom, and march myself back into that courtroom because the only way that I could deal with Keith's [ Griffin] murder was to feel like I was doing something about it. In retrospect, what did I do? I know that I put a lot of bad guys in jail and if I kept them off the street one day more, that may have been one less crime victim. Votes: 0

I wouldn't call it "police reform," but I would say that police procedure enhancement could be helpful - these police shootings are absolutely horrible. Votes: 0

I'd love to branch out but I have absolutely no interest in romance. I just don't. The thought of trying to write a rom-com ... it just completely skeeves me out. No! Votes: 0

If I dare to tear up or shed a tear, then I'm criticized for that as well! It's a horrible double standard, but quite frankly, I don't have time enough to fight that battle and fight crime. I chose to fight crime and ignore the rest. I just keep going to the best I can. Votes: 0

If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now. Votes: 0

If I was to listen and pay attention to everyone that criticized me, I'd stay home under the bed. Votes: 0

If you are moneyed or educated, you will get a different sentence than someone who is not. Votes: 0

If you look at the statistics of fratricide or intra-sibling homicide, it's extremely rare. And look at Burke [Ramsey] and JonBenet at the time of her murder. She was the powerhouse, the firecracker; she's the dominant one, not him. I just don't see it. And as I recall, John Ramsey passed a lie detector test. I can unequivocally say that Burke is not the killer nor do I think John Ramsey is the killer. Let's leave it there. Votes: 0

I'm a runner. I like to run. Votes: 0

I'm all about the crockpot. Votes: 0

I'm on a search for the truth, Votes: 0

In school [I wanted] to be an English teacher; Votes: 0

It's hard for me to believe someone could harm a child. Votes: 0

My husband makes me stay totally quiet in movies because otherwise it's [five minutes in] and I go, "Oh, so-and-so did it," and he's like, "OK, I haven't even finished my popcorn and you ruined it for me." Votes: 0

Police vetting should [take place] every one to two years. They should go in for a psychological, to see if they're burned out, see if they've been traumatized. If they're having a hard time, help them! Votes: 0

The fact remains, in the wrestling industry there is a very high occurrence of untimely deaths for a lot of different reasons. I feel it's the industry's fault. I don't think these guys and women, but mostly guys are the ones dying inordinately young, I don't think that they are told all the risks of what they're getting into. Votes: 0

The haters can just keep hating but I'm certainly not stopping because of them. But I can't say it doesn't hurt. It hurts a great deal. It hurts very much. Votes: 0

There's rampant sexism, of course there is! It just goes without saying. Every woman in the workplace knows this; [every woman] in the workplace has to work harder than a man to prove themselves. Votes: 0

With Keith's [my fiance] murder, I was changed. I thought I would be a prosecutor forever, but there were so many days when I would leave the courtroom during a trial, and go down the hall to the ladies' room, and go into a little stall, and cry. Votes: 0

You always think "woulda, coulda, shoulda." I wish that I had prosecuted Tot Mom, I wish I'd prosecuted OJ, and I wish I had prosecuted the JonBenet Ramsey case. Votes: 0