"I may be a burglar...but I'm an honest……" — J.R.R. Tolkien

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• After a burglary of all her most valued and treasured possessions, Winston Churchill's aging mother wrote: "That burglar relieved me… — Anne Sebba
• The best of Donald Westlake's pseudonymous thrillers about Parker, the toughest burglar who ever lived. . . .Out of print… — Terry Teachout
• In relation to God, we are like a thief who has burgled the house of a kindly householder and been… — Simone Weil
• Looking for an honest politician is like looking for an ethical burglar. — H. L. Mencken
• Your money, or your life. We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not… — Mignon McLaughlin
• If you're a burglar, it's no good waiting about outside somebody's house, looking good with your swag bag ready. Just… — Ian Holloway
• Go face the fire at sea, or the cholera in your friend's house, or the burglar in your own, or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• A great measure of a man is how he reacts to a midnight awakening when there's no fire or burglar… — Kate Jacobs
• When the enterprising burglar isn't burgling; When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime; He loves to hear the little brook… — W. S. Gilbert
• Concerning politics: "The American media is like a watchdog who has developed an affection for the burglar." — Unknown Author
• Crime in the cities is very discouraging. Apartment house dwellers have locks, bolts, chains and bars on their doors. It… — Sam Ewing
• If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman. — G. Gordon Liddy

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