STEALING QUOTES
quotations about stealing
A thief has three characteristics: first, a thief is not recognized by you as being a thief; second, he robs you of what you have without your realizing it at the time; and third, a thief leaves you feeling very foolish after you have been robbed.
N. RAVICHANDRAN
Success is a Thief
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
J. K. ROWLING
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
A person who steals just does not believe that God can provide for him. The person does not believe that God can prepare a table for him in the wilderness so he prepared his own table using his neighbour's property. Beloved, stealing is self preparation of such evil table and such tables do not last. A person who trusts God with all his heart will never steal.
D. K. OLUKOYA
The Tragedy of Stealing
Thieves are opportunists, whether they are amateurs or professionals. They endeavour to take advantage of any situation, which provides them a loophole. An opportunity to take what belongs to someone else. They are criminals who are indiscriminate and feel no immediate remorse when they hurt others. If the situation presents itself, a thief can get away with the act without much effort or planning because committing this type of crime is second nature to them.
DENISE N. FYFFE
Thieves in the Workplace
The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief;
He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Othello
The sweets of pillage can be known
To no one but the thief,
Compassion for integrity
Is his divinest grief.
EMILY DICKINSON
"The sweets of pillage can be known"
Thieves respect property; they merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.
G. K. CHESTERTON
The Man Who Was Thursday
It's not the goods that matter. It's the theft itself. That's what counts.
WALTER WYKES
Fading Joy
The petty thief is imprisoned but the big thief becomes a feudal lord.
ZHUANGZI
The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
If you don't get caught, you deserve everything you steal.
DANIEL NAYERI
Another Faust
To want to be a thief is, at the least, to want that Society be divided into two irreducible groups: thieves and victims.
ALEXANDRE KOJEVE
Outline of a Phenomenology of Right
I ain't really always been a good guy, I used to be thirsty thievin'
Runnin through purses even persons leave em hurtin' bleedin
CHANCE THE RAPPER
"Everything's Good"
He wants a bite of your apple
Hands you back the peel
He's fresh out of law school
He's got a license to steal
AL STEWART
"License to Steal"
Stealing isn't so easy, often it's hard work, otherwise we'd all be doing it.
ELFRIEDE JELINEK
Greed
The real reason why Robin Hood robbed only the rich was that the poor had no money.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Ever'day there's mo' death, and plus I'm dough-less
I'm seein' mo' reasons for me to proceed with thievin'
Scheme on the scheming and leave they peeps grieving
Cause ain't no bucks to stack up, my nuts is backed up
I'm bout to act up, go load the Mac up, now watch me klacka
2PAC
"Me Against the World"
Stealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances. Stealing is not excusable if, for instance, you are in a museum and you decide that a certain painting would look better in your house, and you simply grab the painting and take it there. But if you were very, very hungry, and you had no way of obtaining money, it would be excusable to grab the painting, take it to your house, and eat it.
DANIEL HANDLER
(as Lemony Snicket), The Wide Window
Stealers, keepers.
LLONA ANDREWS
Fate's Edge
Thou shalt not steal.
BIBLE
Exodus 20:15
The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If "Thou shall not covet," and "Thou shall not steal," are not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it can be civilized or made free.
JOHN ADAMS
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government