Quotes About Theft

a criminal conspiracy devoted to theft of property

At this late stage in the history of American capitalism I'm not sure I know how much testimony still needs to be presented to establish the relation between profit and theft.

Askim was notorious for his kleptomania; the Zamperinis lived above a grocery, and the dog made regular shoplifting runs downstairs, snatching food and fleeing. His name was a clever joke: When people asked what the dog's name was, they were invariably confused by the reply, which sounded like "Ask him.

If you're not a criminal, then what are you doing stealing all these swords and things?" For a moment he was silent. Then he rubbed his chin and said, "There's no name for it in English." "Oh, is there not? 'Burglary' seems descriptive enough." "Kyojitsu." He looked levelly into her eyes, not wavering. "False-true.

Si vendica, e bene, la vita, se qualcuno le ruba il mestiere.

Your eyes stole at dawn his clarity. (Tes yeux ont volé A l'aube sa clarté)

Your eyes stole at dawn its light.

A boy with Somebody-else's pork pie! Stop him!

It's hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs — they always take them literally.

And like most middle-aged people who hear the clock ticking in their lives, I had come to resent a waste or theft of my time that was far greater than any theft of my goods or money.

that indeed there is no greater theft than that of time.

To steal book seems like stealing the soul out of someone.

That'd be just what I need: a rash of car thefts across America, committed by dedicated readers.

In movies, people always "borrow" cars by yanking some wires out from under the dash and connecting them. But the real way it works involves a screwdriver and the starter thingy, under the hood. My personal ethics prevent me from giving you more information. That'd be just what I need: a rash of car thefts across America, committed by dedicated readers.

Not only I lost what I had in the ship, but from the captain and the company generally what was good or worth the taking was carried away; all which was done unknown to the emperor.

The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity.

Computer hackers do not need to know each other's real names, or even live on the same continent, to steal millions in mere hours.

If you tell me your name and date of birth, that's all I need to steal your identity.

It's amazing how much information we share in social media, then we wonder why people steal our identity.

Put plainly, China seems determined to steal its way up the economic ladder, at our expense.

You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.

I can't have cats around me because they try to steal my energy.

The reality is that people think it's okay to steal music.

I did steal socks, but I got caught... don't shoplift, anyone - don't do it! You're just gonna get caught.