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Quotes About Theft

With a gang of sharp lawyers you can safely steal whatever you like. Lawyers are the hit men of our times.
~ David Lagercrantz
Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God
~ Abraham Kuyper
A small deer came into my camp and stole my bag of pickles. Is there a way I can get reimbursed? Please call.
~ Dave Barry
I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.
~ William Weld
The Chinese government does not engage in theft of commercial secrets in any form, nor does it encourage or support Chinese companies to engage in such practices in any way.
~ Xi Jinping
I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime.
~ Howard Berman
What is government but theft by consent?
~ Scott Lynch
Everyone knew in the 1950s why a girl from a nice family left home. The meaning of her theft of herself from her parents was clear to all - as well as what she'd be up to in that room of her own.
~ Joyce Johnson
I need it! I need it! It's a royal heirloom!" "Adrian?" "What are you doing here?" "Looking for you. Come on, we need to go. I'll drive you home." "No, I can't. Not until we get it. He stole it!
~ Richelle Mead
I was really in to shiny things when I was younger and I stole a shiny tag for my dog. I didn't get caught. I hope I don't go to jail for that.
~ Nicholas Hoult
She'd absolutely adored the library_an entire building where anyone could take things they didn't own and feel no remorse about it.
~ Ally Carter, Heist Society
Boy what a hotel that was, why they stole my towel.
~ Rodney Dangerfield
Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
~ Ambrose Bierce
To the man on crutches, dressed in camouflage, who stole my wallet ... you can hide but you can't run.
~ Milton Jones
What kind of one-night stand takes your car the next morning? It's called the walk of shame, not grand theft auto.
~ Piper Rayne, Dirty Talker
Why should anyone steal a watch when he could steal a bicycle?
~ Flann O'Brien
That man tried to steal my purse!" "You should have just let him have it. You could have gotten hurt." "He's the one who got hurt. I have three cans of Vienna sausages in here." Rose started to ask her friend why she had Vienna sausages in her purse, then shook her head. "Never mind. Let's go get you some lunch.
~ Jana Deleon
Neely Kate lowered her arm, her chest heaving from her exertion. "That man tried to steal my purse!" "You should have just let him have it. You could have gotten hurt." "He's the one who got hurt. I have three cans of Vienna sausages in here.
~ Jana Deleon
All of a sudden there was a scampering sound. A small furry hand grabbed my food. The hand had fingernails just like mine, and they were just as dirty. The monkey-thief was fast. He didn't even look back as he shot back up the tree to enjoy my lunch. Another rhesus monkey reached into my day-sack, and cantered away awkwardly with a bigger prize.
~ Jane Wilson-Howarth
Selling something only to steal it back to sell again is not only dishonest, but highly profitable.
~ Jarod Kintz
Hacía apenas un mes que habían robado en el Louvre el famoso cuadro de Leonardo da Vinci. Habían detenido a Apollinaire, un escritor considerado anarquista, y después a un amigo suyo, un joven pintor desconocido, un tal Picasso. Seguían siendo sospechosos, pero hasta el momento no habían encontrado pruebas de su culpabilidad. Tampoco habían detectado ni rastro del cuadro.
~ Edward Rutherfurd
You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it.
~ Albert Einstein
If more folks were afraid to keep dogs, there'd be easier pickings for them that make their living by what they can find in folks' houses at night.
~ Albert Payson Terhune
Nice," I tell him. "So you literally steal candy from babies.
~ Alex Wellen