I was hunting a thief, and I found a beautiful wreck.

“Through the grace of a thief, one can become a thief and through the grace of a Gnani [the enlightened one], one can become…

— Dada Bhagwan

Your thief looks Exactly like the rest, or rather better; 'Tis only at the bar, and in the dungeon, That wise men know your…

— Lord Byron

The back-doore robs the house.

— George Herbert

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

— Pearl S. Buck

Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled.

— Edward Young

If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night

— Eamon de Valera

“You give a guy a license to steal, you've got to expect him to use it.”

— Bruce Sterling

The difference between theft and destruction is often a few keystrokes.

— Dmitri Alperovitch

A thief who stole a calendar . . . got twelve months.

— Nikhil Saluja

“Having no applicable skills, in any possible area whatsoever, effectively makes me the master of redundancy. But that info is obsolete, like my insults…

— Will Advise

“Stomach full of jitters, little beasts that were second cousins to guacamolians—little green monsters that wreaked havoc in your stomach.”

— William Kely McClung

No stars got nothing on me. Your suns got nothing on me. And the fool who sees its the thief that needs, has got…

— Jenna Bognar

“He finally found someone like him. Someone who shared his abilities, someone who understood what he had to go through every day. And she…

— Jaxon Reed

“She stood up and took the book from him, and as he smiled over his shoulder at some other kids, she threw it away…

— Markus Zusak

“I'm Kieran. You must be a hell of a thief because you stole my heart from across the room,”

— Jayde Scott