The Best Charlie Evans Jeffers Quotes

Charlie: No, it was inevitable. I suppose, I was even looking forward to it. My carelessness may well have been premeditated.

Charlie: The years force a certain amount of wisdom upon you, whether you like it or not

Capt. Barney Miller: Mr Jeffers, I was just talking to some of the reporters downstairs, they tell me, you spent 30 years in jail for stealing one automobile
Charlie: It was one hell of a car
Capt. Barney Miller: One to five grand larceny auto and twenty five years accumulated escape time
Charlie: Compound Interest you might call it

Capt. Barney Miller: Here you are Mr. Jeffers,
Charlie: Thank you Captain
Capt. Barney Miller: You know, it's hard for me to understand how an intelligent man like you could allow himself to be parley to so much trouble
Charlie: Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men
Det. Ron Harris: This cat is dynamite... I'm gonna write that down
Capt. Barney Miller: It appears you found yourself an admirer.
Charlie: Do me a favor, don't tell him it comes from Aldous Huxley until l after I leave
Capt. Barney Miller: You know, it seems to me that if you just stayed put all this time, you could avoid all this difficulty
Charlie: No, I am by my nature an impatient man, Captain.
Capt. Barney Miller: But, you are also a realist
Charlie: Well, the secret of being able to serving time is to accept the circumstance, to resign yourself to the fact that escape is impossible. Well, the more I escaped, the more difficult it became to accept that philosophy. Prison became increasingly unbearable because it became increasingly unnecessary.
Capt. Barney Miller: But you always got caught
Charlie: Well nobody's perfect
Capt. Barney Miller: What about this time ? Gonna try again ?
Charlie: I don't know. It isn't nearly as interesting outside as it use to be. I suppose these last few escapes were merely for the sake of doing
Capt. Barney Miller: Why don't you just sit it out for awhile, try for parole ?
Charlie: Maybe I will this time, certainly the challenge is no longer there. Perhaps it's time, I'm gonna have to be practical and yes,very very bored.