Burglar Quotes

38 quotes by 35 authors

After a burglary of all her most valued and treasured possessions, Winston Churchill's aging mother wrote: "That burglar relieved me of an obsession. For years,… — Anne Sebba
The best of Donald Westlake's pseudonymous thrillers about Parker, the toughest burglar who ever lived. . . .Out of print for years and years, Butcher's… — Terry Teachout
In relation to God, we are like a thief who has burgled the house of a kindly householder and been allowed to keep some of… — Simone Weil
Looking for an honest politician is like looking for an ethical burglar. — H. L. Mencken
Your money, or your life. We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does. — Mignon McLaughlin
If you're a burglar, it's no good waiting about outside somebody's house, looking good with your swag bag ready. Just get in there, burgle them… — Ian Holloway
Go face the fire at sea, or the cholera in your friend's house, or the burglar in your own, or what danger lies in the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A great measure of a man is how he reacts to a midnight awakening when there's no fire or burglar in sight. — Kate Jacobs
When the enterprising burglar isn't burgling; When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime; He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling; And listen to the… — W. S. Gilbert
Concerning politics: "The American media is like a watchdog who has developed an affection for the burglar." — Ron Dart
Crime in the cities is very discouraging. Apartment house dwellers have locks, bolts, chains and bars on their doors. It takes a tenant longer to… — Sam Ewing
If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman. — G. Gordon Liddy
I'd probably be a burglar, I'd burgle people. — Tre Cool
Do you believe in God? Perhaps you aren't old enough. The reason old people believe in God is because they've given up believing in anything… — Hesketh Pearson
I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine. I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey Chaucer or Sir… — David Eddings
If you ask any ordinary reader which of Dickens's proletarian characters he can remember, the three he is almost certain to mention are Bill Sykes,… — George Orwell
It is the first time the burglar has been appointed as caretaker. — Gough Whitlam
God is a sort of burglar. As a young man you knock him down; as an old man you try to conciliate him, because he… — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Modern man threw a brick through his own window in order to sell himself a burglar alarm. — Allen Carr
Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off… — Rita Coolidge

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