Stealing Quotes · Page 7

If it weren't for the law, I would steal books; if it weren't for my purse, I would buy them.

— Harold Laski

Mediocre writers borrow; great writers steal.

— T. S. Eliot

And I suppose tapes are a desperate attempt to steal something from Death's suitcase.

— Mitch Albom

The hooves of the horse! Oh! witching and sweet is the music earth steals from the iron-shod feet; no whisper of love,…

— William Henry Ogilvie

First of all, my wife writes half my act. I don't know how I could "steal" from my wife.

— Jay Mohr

In vain we call old notions fudge, And bend our conscience to our dealing; The Ten Commandments will not budge, And stealing…

— James Russell Lowell

“Fear is a thief because fear robs you before you even begin.”

— Bryant McGill

[Salvation] is a curious process of divine burglary. The first thing to be wrested from one by a God who said 'Thou…

— Elizabeth Goudge

An honorable man or woman is one who is truthful; free from deceit; above cheating, lying, stealing, or any form of deception.…

— Ezra Taft Benson

China is stealing our intellectual property, our patents, our designs, our technology, hacking into our computers, counterfeiting our goods.

— Mitt Romney

Every ISP is being attacked, maliciously both from in the United States and outside of the United States, by those who want…

— Darrell Issa

As I came home through the woods with my string of fish, trailing my pole, it being now quite dark, I caught…

— Henry David Thoreau

I've always been fascinated with the stealing of innocence. It's the most heinous crime, and certainly a capital crime if there ever…

— Clint Eastwood

“Shelving books incorrectly is as good as stealing them. It's almost worse.”

— Paul Acampora

We are fed up with complaints that Mexico is stealing jobs from U.S. manufacturing. We are part of the solution that has…

— Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

We have, a Democrat Party once again adding to the civility of the discourse, Maxine Waters claiming that [Donald] Trump and his…

— Rush Limbaugh

The difference between a thief and a congressman: When a thief steals your money, he doesn't expect you to thank him.

— Walter E. Williams

France has long been regarded as the most adept at stealing trade secrets.

— Neil Macdonald

No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing…

— Gary Wright

Pain has no effect but to steal some of my time.

— Margaret Fuller

The reality is people are going to steal the record instead of buying it. It's kind of a cancer in the industry…

— Matt Snell

When you steal from an artist you are stealing their blood, sweat and tears.

— Tyler Shields

Reviewer: 'One of your themes was very similar to one of Beethoven's!' Brahms replied, 'Of course it is. Everyone steals - the…

— Johannes Brahms

The trick is to steal big.

— Michael Parenti

Stealing is a lazy man's way. Something for nothing, leaves you hell to pay.

— Michael Peterson