Theft Quotes

208 quotes by 166 authors

The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little bit wiser, a… — Frank Abagnale
Why would anyone steal a shopping cart? It's like stealing a two-year-old. — Erma Bombeck
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
'Grand Theft Auto', in its deification of antisocial behavior, is where I heap the most of my scorn. — Nolan Bushnell
I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is forbidden, by simply… — Karel Capek
A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children. — Ian Anderson
Property is theft. Nobody "owns" anything. When you die, it all stays here. — George Carlin
It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are. — Francis of Assisi
A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face. — Juvenal
A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a theft. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may change but the standards are… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does. — Joe Garagiola
Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie-for example, the taint of vanity, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The method of "postulating" what we want has many advantages; they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil. — Bertrand Russell
There can be no such thing as 'fairness in taxation.' Taxation is nothing but organized theft, and the concept of a 'fair tax' is therefore… — Murray Rothbard
Three-fifths to two-thirds of the federal budget consists of taking property from one American and giving it to another. Were a private person to do… — Walter E. Williams
Religions lead us to believe that the soul is the ultimate family jewel and that in return for our mindless obedience, they can secure it… — Tom Robbins
Unthankfulness is theft. — Martin Luther
Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. First, let's make sure we understand what government spending is. Since government… — Walter E. Williams
It seems that wherever the Welfare State is involved, the moral precept, "Thou shalt not steal," becomes altered to say: "Thou shalt not steal, except… — F. A. Harper

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