Stealing Quotes

1148 Stealing quotes by 866 unique authors

Virtuosi have been long remarked to have little conscience in their favorite pursuits. A man will steal a rarity who would cut off his hand… — Horace
Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service. — Michel de Montaigne
It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone. — Benjamin Franklin
If it weren't for the law, I would steal books; if it weren't for my purse, I would buy them. — Harold Laski
Pay and the story rolls, .. Steal and the story folds. No stealing from the blind newsboy. — Stephen King
Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad. — Euripides
The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve. — George Herbert
Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread; Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes… — William Cowper
Tis no sin love's fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been. — Ben Jonson
Twilight's soft dews steal o'er the village-green, With magic tints to harmonize the scene. Stilled is the hum that through the hamlet broke When round… — Samuel Rogers
A Pennsylvania woman convicted for shoplifting was sentenced to wear a badge that reads "Convicted Shoplifter." However, her lawyers hope to plea bargain down to… — Jimmy Fallon
A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,-- True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,-- Did fall one day extremely sick by chance And on… — John Harington
Don't take what someone else has made sure of and pretend it's you yourself that have made sure of it till it's yours absolutely by… — Emily Carr
If you want to do a film, steal a camera, steal raw stock, sneak into a lab and do it! — Werner Herzog
My father never feared death. He never saw it as an ending. I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so much of my… — Patti Davis
This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy,… — Sarah Orne Jewett
Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done and then try… — Steve Jobs
Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me then you will steal from me. — Theodore Roosevelt
It seems to me like stealing, for men and women to live in the world and do nothing to make it better. — Sarah Orne Jewett
If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never… — Brigham Young
When I have been travelling up and down on our boats, or about on my collecting tours, and reflected that every brutal, disgusting, mean, low-lived… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas. — Steve Jobs
I think of love, and you, and my heart grows full and warm, and my breath stands still... I can feel a sunshine stealing into… — Emily Dickinson
The great eventful Present hides the Past; but through the din Of its loud life hints and echoes from the life behind steal in. — John Greenleaf Whittier

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