Theft Quotes

208 quotes by 166 authors

It is certain that stealing nourishes courage, strength, skill, tact, in a word, all the virtues useful to a republican system and consequently to our… — Marquis de Sade
All writers are thieves; theft is a necessary tool of the trade. — Nina Bawden
No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another to… — Walter E. Williams
He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. — John Dryden
Those who are in Christ are on the winning side. Part of what must happen during this period of great harvest for the kingdom of… — E.W. Jackson
There are many farm handouts; but let's call them what they really are: a form of legalized theft. Essentially, a congressman tells his farm constituency,… — Walter E. Williams
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
The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different than that from which it is torn. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living and hard dying... but nobody thought so. This was a future of fortune… — Alfred Bester
Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture,… — Jim Jarmusch
The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred and… — Gautama Buddha
Arson, property destruction, burglary, and theft are â€˜acceptable crimesâ€™ when used for the animal cause, — Alex Pacheco
Time wasted is a theft from God. — Henri Frederic Amiel
There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our… — Aaron Swartz
I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime. — Howard Berman
A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it isn't the job… — L. Neil Smith
Biopiracy (is) biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use. — Vandana Shiva
High bankruptcy rates, increased credit card debt, and identity theft make it imperative that all of us take an active role in providing financial and… — Ruben Hinojosa
As problems like identity theft become more prevalent, now more than ever, Americans need to take their financial health seriously - and this information is… — Ruben Hinojosa
A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom. — Chris Hedges

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