Quotes About Stealing

MONOPOLIES, LIKE USURY, were illegal under Church law. Because unnatural. God had given the natural world to all mankind, not to a chosen few. Denying people liberty and keeping prices artificially high, monopolies were obviously a form of stealing and could only lead to perdition.

I always thought Stanford was a good guy, starting the university and such. Instead, you're saying he was stealing from the government.

I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops.

The drawback of stealing a thing, is that one never knows how wonderful the thing that one steals is.

…if you must steal, then steal away my sorrows, and if you must lie, then lie with me all the nights of my life. And if you must cheat, then please cheat death because I couldn't live a day without you."

Stealing is the worst kind of cheating. It's cheating at life, son. It's for folk that arenae any good at life, so they have to cheat.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

Madison Avenue makes us addicts of consumerism, using glass wampum to steal our capacity to direct our own lives.

Oh dear,"cried Rhonda just then, for Mr. Benedict, awash in strong emotion, has gone to sleep.with a sudden loud snore he toppled forward into the attentive arms of Rhonda and Number Two, who eased him to the floor. "What's wrong with him?" Constance asked. "He has narcolepsy," said Kate. "He steals a lot?" "That's kleptomania," Sticky said. "Mr. Benedict sleeps a lot.

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You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Hunger makes thief of any man.

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.

When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.

And the churches are full of those who fear God's wrath. And those who plead for mercy which is the opposite of wrath. No, no, I do not feel sorry for those who die of hunger. What I feel is rage. And I see no harm in stealing to eat.

Fairy tales have a moral: Stay on the path. Don't trust wolves. Don't steal things, not even things you think no normal person would care about. Share your food but don't trust people who want to share their food with you; don't eat their shiny red apples, not their candy houses, nor any of it. Be nice, always nice, and polite to everyone: kings and beggars, witches and wounded bears. Don't break a promise.

I'm the best kind of thief, the kind that leaves behind items equal in value to those he's stolen.

It feels like a geas. It has all the sinister pleasure of sneaking out of the house, all the revolting satisfaction of stealing. It reminds me of the moment before I slammed a blade through my hand, amazed at my own capacity for self-betrayal.

Et voilà que , comme dans l' Ancien Testament , le pauvre possède un seul agneau qui fait son bonheur , et le riche qui a des troupeaux envie la brebis du pauvre et la lui dérobe ! ... sans le prévenir , sans la lui demander .

It was stealing her breath, imbecile. Go get a towel." -Christophe, Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow

Christian values were important at home. Cleanliness. Don't steal. Don't lie. Those were the rules, and they were strictly enforced. Especially the stealing and lying. When you broke the rules, you got a beating. I always broke the rules a lot.

My ancestors came from Co Roscommon, transported to Van Diemen's Land for stealing food.