Theft Quotes

208 quotes by 164 authors

What day is so festal it fails to reveal some theft? — Juvenal
Nothing exists except by virtue of a disequilibrium, an injustice. All existence is a theft paid for by other existences; no life flowers except on… — Remy de Gourmont
In 'Tarahumara' land, there was no crime, war or theft. There was no corruption, obesity, drug addiction, greed, wife-beating, child abuse, heart disease, high blood… — Christopher McDougall
Disfranchisement is the deliberate theft and robbery of the only protection of poor against rich and black against white. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while. — Aaron Neville
Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Principles don't die. They aren't here one day and gone the next. They can't be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep, fundamental… — Stephen Covey
Criminals look at identity theft and say only 1 in 700 criminals gets convicted of it. And they look at check forgery and they know… — Frank Abagnale
Theft annoys me more than anything else. The purloining of effects from another magician. Some people think it's massive to steal the secrets of nuclear… — Ricky Jay
Property, said Proudhon, is theft. This is the only perfect truism that has been uttered on the subject. — George Bernard Shaw
I must confess the activities of the UK governments for the past couple of years have been watched with frank admiration and amazement by Lord… — Terry Pratchett
Every true man's apparel fits your thief. — William Shakespeare
I got Twitter identity theft. — Elizabeth Banks
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
In limited professions there's boundless theft. — William Shakespeare
T'was a thief said the last kind word to Christ. Christ took the kindness and forgave the theft. — Robert Browning
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
Whether we force the man's property from him by pinching his stomach, or pinching his fingers, makes some difference anatomically; morally, none whatsoever. — John Ruskin
Authors hide their big thefts by putting small ones between quotation marks. — Paul Eldridge
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves. — Aristophanes

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