Stealing Quotes
1148 Stealing quotes by 866 unique authors
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The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
— William Shakespeare
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The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of…
— William Shakespeare
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I always steal a pair of socks on every photo shoot I do. It's my thing.
— Matt Smith
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Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.
— Aaron Sorkin
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I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this war…
— Benjamin Spock
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Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
— Igor Stravinsky
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
— Igor Stravinsky
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
— Tacitus
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This is America: Corporate stealing is practically the national pastime, and Goldman Sachs is far from the only company to get away with doing it.
— Matt Taibbi
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Obviously, people who commit crimes should be punished. Even people who steal socks and 'Snow White' videos should probably do time if they have priors,…
— Matt Taibbi
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You win the modern financial-regulation game by filing the most motions, attending the most hearings, giving the most money to the most politicians and, above…
— Matt Taibbi
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I steal from every movie ever made.
— Quentin Tarantino
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Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.
— Lionel Trilling
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Drugs will get you out of your own way, but we lived it, and that's dangerous. It can actually turn around on itself and steal…
— Steven Tyler
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My father used to always say to me that, you know, if a guy goes out to steal a loaf of bread to feed his…
— Jesse Ventura
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If you have to lie, cheat, steal, obstruct and bully to get your point across, it must not be a point capable of surviving on…
— Steven Weber
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It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying…
— Irvine Welsh
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Never lie, never cheat, never steal.
— John Wooden
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Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the…
— Virginia Woolf
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I never thought I was cut out for a life of crime. I even felt guilty when I accidentally stole a Subbuteo catalogue, thinking it…
— Julian Baggini
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In the early nineties, I was a cub reporter on a city newspaper in Limerick, and assigned to the courthouse there. One day, an old…
— Kevin Barry
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Make sure that you always follow your heart and your gut, and let yourself be who you want to be, and who you know you…
— Jonathan Groff
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I feel very privileged to hear how somebody used to run around stickin' people up and stealing cars, and now they're gettin' their life back…
— Denis Johnson
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Steal a chicken if you get a chance, Huck, because if you don't want it, someone else does and a good deed ain't never forgotten.
— Mark Twain
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