“By hooke or crooke.”

“Through thicke and thin, both over banke and bush
In hope her to attaine by hooke or crooke.”

“Not that this appears to affect the intentions of the political-bureaucratic elite, which in Britain as elsewhere in Europe believes that it has an overriding mission to achieve European integration by hook or by crook and which is convinced that History (with an extra-large 'H') is on its side.”

“Me?! What? I don’t know, unless I must go to the dictionary and learn what a crook is. I’ve never been a crook. … I'm saying I'm not a crook, I have never been a crook. I will never be a crook.”

“The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.”

“You fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye”

“Pencey was full of crooks. Quite a few guys came from these wealthy families, but it was full of crooks anyway. The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has - I'm not kidding.”

“The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.”

“I would always love Alaska Young, my crooked neighbor, with all my crooked heart.”

“I know many crooks and they never preach, but I don't know anyone who preaches that isn't a crook also.”