Quotes About Theft

I remember stealing some pic n' mix when I was seven; when I got out of the shop, I burst into tears.

Russians had interpreted capitalism to mean: "Steal what you can sell.

who just robbed me an hour ago,

Anticipatory plagiarism occurs when someone steals your original idea and publishes it a hundred years before you were born.

Once I pulled a job, I was so stupid. I picked a guy's pocket on an airplane and made a run for it.

My books were all on their shelves. Nobody steals books but your friends.

Robar a un hombre su lenguaje en nombre del propio lenguaje: todos los crímenes legales comienzan así.

The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, All on a summer day: The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them quite away!

The colonizer writes the history, winning twice: A theft of land. A theft of witness.

I often steal sandwiches, eat them, and put the container's back., with a signed autograph of my self in its place. It's my way of giving back to society.

Não há nada de mais imoral do que roubar sem riscos. É o risco que nos diferencia dos banqueiros e dos seus émulos que praticam o roubo legalizado com a cobertura do governo. Não te inculquei a minha arte para te tornares um ladrão de cinema cuja única preocupação é não desagradar ao seu público.

Moral codes were not designed to be selective, nor indeed were they designed to be questioned. You could not say that you would observe this prohibition but not that. I shall not commit theft -- certainly not -- but adultery is another matter: wrong for other people, but not for me.

unconscionable–eating the food in a supermarket was simply theft, and could be distinguished from shoplifting only by virtue of the nature of the container used to remove the property.

It transpired that he was an electricity thief. We would have imagined many things of which he might be guilty—many unspeakable things…

Why does a steward steal? He steals because he's not sure he'll always remain with his master and wants to make his future secure.

He took the Who's feast, he took the Who pudding, he took the roast beast. He cleaned out that ice box as quick as a flash. Why, the Grinch even took their last can of Who hash.

It is long and hard and painful to create life: it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

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 a cemetery.

The stealing began again with carrots, which apparently are the gateway vegetable, because soon it led to all manner of produce theft.

It's amazing […] how perfectly honest people who would starve rather than steal sixpence, will steal books without compunction.

Though the looting fever eventually subsided in Poland and elsewhere, it may well have helped build tolerance for the corruption and theft of public property that were so common later on.

Property is organized robbery.

I have too many credit cards. You know what happened? Someone stole one and I didn't notice. I noticed when I got that bill. Whoa! It was so much less! I'm letting him keep it. I'm saving money!

If you're gonna steal from somebody, why not Shakespeare?