30 Best Criminal Minds Quotes

We have a better chance of catching him if we can predict his behavior, and we can predict his behavior if we understand his fantasy. – Jason Gideon

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. – Joseph Conrad (often used by the team)

The unsub isn't a monster. He's a human being, and that is what makes him so terrifying. – Aaron Hotchner

There are no such things as monsters. Yeah, there are. There are. – Spencer Reid

The nightmare is never just a dream. It's a message. – Jason Gideon

It takes all kinds of monsters to make the world go 'round. – David Rossi

Wheels up in 30. – Aaron Hotchner

The truth is, we are all capable of good and evil. We just have to decide which one we're going to choose. – Alex Blake

The past is never dead. It's not even past. – William Faulkner (quoted by various)

Sometimes there are no words, no clever quotes to neatly sum up what's happened that day. Sometimes you do everything right, everything exactly right, and still you feel like you failed. – Aaron Hotchner

Imagination is not a gift, it's a weapon. And they're using it. – Spencer Reid

This man is not a clown. He's a predator who uses laughter as a lure. – Jason Gideon

The greater the hatred, the more personal the crime. – David Rossi

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. – Albert Camus (quoted by Spencer Reid)

When you hunt monsters, you have to be careful you don't become one yourself. – Aaron Hotchner

All of us have our own inner monsters, the key is to keep them locked up. – Derek Morgan

Grief is a fickle thing. It can bring people together or tear them apart. – Jennifer Jareau

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. – Spencer Reid

It's not the pain that defines us, it's how we rise from it. – Penelope Garcia

Normal is just a setting on the dryer. – Penelope Garcia

The most destructive weapon in the world is a kiss. – David Rossi

He's not hiding in the shadows. He is the shadows. – Jason Gideon

We can't change what we've done, only what we will do. – Tara Lewis

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. – Albert Einstein (quoted by various)

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. – Edmund Burke (quoted by various)

You spend a lot of time in the dark, it begins to become a part of you. – Emily Prentiss

A person's fears are a window into who they are. – Spencer Reid

The unsub isn't killing strangers. He's killing friends he hasn't met yet. – Jason Gideon

The job... it changes you. It has to. – Derek Morgan

I'm not the man I was. This job... it changes you. – Aaron Hotchner