Thieves Quotes

503 Thieves quotes by 373 unique authors

Comparison with something that is better is the thief of joy. Comparison with something that is worse is a joy - full of relief and… — Theodore Roosevelt
'Liar' is just as ugly a word as 'thief,' because it implies the presence of just as ugly a sin in one case as in… — Theodore Roosevelt
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
Good art can come out of thieves, bootleggers, or horse swipes. People really are afraid to find out just how much hardship and poverty they… — William Faulkner
A thief is one who insists on sharing his victimhood. — Criss Jami
What passed for society was a loud, giddy whirl of thieves and pretentious hustlers, a dull sideshow full of quacks and clowns and philistines with… — Hunter S. Thompson
a man who had fallen among thieves lay by the roadside on his back dressed in fifteenthrate ideas wearing a round jeer for a hat — E E Cummings
Indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity. — Jim Rohn
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief. — Benjamin Franklin
I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty - a sunken beauty. — Jean Genet
I'm going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: 'Lord, remember me.' — Billy Graham
If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a smart accountant can… — Mario Cuomo
If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you… — Denis Diderot
Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent.… — Barbara Ehrenreich
That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom.… — Lukas Foss
My friends and I make short films. We pretended to rob the Dairy Queen where our friend worked, but someone thought we were real thieves… — Josh Hartnett
War makes thieves and peace hangs them. — George Herbert
A thief believes everybody steals. — E. W. Howe
Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up. — E. W. Howe
God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies. — Mother Jones
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face. — Juvenal
As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now. — Ben Kingsley
Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves. — Karl Kraus
I went to school with Steven Wright, who was the shyest guy I knew, and one day someone suddenly told me that he was in… — Denis Leary
I think people need housing. And there's empty buildings, I think people should live in there. If you want to call them squatters, trespassers, hey,… — Al Lewis

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