Quotes About Thievery

I'm a bit of a pick-pocket on-set. If something is small enough to go in my pocket, and it will be neat memorabilia, it's gone.

He was also the god of (take a deep breath) commerce, languages, thievery, cheeseburgers, trickery, eloquent speaking, feasts, cheeseburgers, hospitality, guard dogs, birds of omen, gymnastics, athletic competitions, cheeseburgers, cheeseburgers and telling fortunes with dice. Okay, I just tossed in the cheeseburgers to see if you were paying attention. Also, I'm hungry.

Why do you rob banks, Willie?) Because that's where the money is.

This is part empathy, part thievery. Empathy, in art, is art's part-exchange with us, its inclusivity, at once a kindness, a going beyond the self, and a pickpocketing of our responses, which is why giving and taking are bound up with the goods, with the gods, with respect, with deep-seated understanding about the complex cultural place where kindness, thievery, bartering, and gift-giving all meet, make their exchanges, and by exchange reveal real worth.

How'd you get in here?" She raised her eyebrows. "You pick pockets." Kat watched his hand fly to his back pocket. "I can pick locks. Looking for this?" she asked, holding up his wallet. "Oops. Maybe I can pick pockets too.

And so that means..." "We have to rob the Henley," Simon said. Kat sank onto a truly uncomfortable sofa. "Again.

Fazla seçeneÄŸi yoktu; bu yüzden her h?rs?z?n istediÄŸini alabilmek için kulland??? en eski ve güvenilir metodu kullanmaya karar verdi: Kibarca istemek. (syf. 20)

Henley'deki rehberler her h?rs?z?n bildiÄŸi bir ayr?nt?y? bilmiyorlard?; eÄŸer bir ÅŸeyi kimse taraf?ndan görülmeden yapma imkân?n?z yoksa yap?lacak en iyi ÅŸey, bunu herkes size bakarken yapmakt?r. (syf. 146)

Thievery pays for the tools, and the work shows me the mind of God. Stealing is a lot like alchemy, you know. In each, we each try to find what is beautiful and hidden and make it ours.

At last she said, "Them Burdicks isn't worth the powder and shot to blow them up. They're like a pack of hound dogs. They'll chase livestock, suck eggs, and lick the skillet. And steal? They'd steal a hot stove and come back for the smoke.

Destroying the painting was out of the question: my soul is all stained and shagged with sin like a cigarette smoker's moustache but I am quite incapable of destroying works of art. Steal them, yes, cheerfully, it is a mark of respect and love, but destroy them, never.

He could be like a modern-day Robin Hood: steal from the rich and give to the poor. Well, maybe just steal from the rich. One step at a time.

Only once. She called, asked could we send her two thousand dollars—two thousand more than the four she already stole when she left.

Thieves are always the most careful of their purses.

I have always believed that a trademark is the life of an enterprise and that it must be protected boldly. A trademark and a company name are not just clever gimmicks-they carry responsibility and guarantee the quality of the product. If someone tries to get a free ride on the reputation and the ability of another who has worked to build up public trust, it is nothing short of thievery. We were not flattered by this theft of our name.

Auf jeder Stufe standen Leute. Sie blickten interessiert nach oben und griffen einander in die Taschen. Jeder bestahl jeden. Jeder wühlte heimlich in den Taschen des Vordermannes, und während er das tat, wurde er vom Hintermann beraubt.

His demand for fine things, especially those rendered in gold, was fed as well by a kind of institutional larceny.

You have been deceived. Spiritualism is no more a science than thievery. For that's all this is--very skilled dodgers stealing money from the bereaved for a little glint of hope. People see what they want to see when they need to.

Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic.

His head was full of larceny, but his feet were honest.

Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions of income inequality, after all, aren't about prosperity but about petty spite. Why should you care how much money I make, so long as you are happy?

The Larks were bumbling entrepreneurs and petty thieves, but they were also self-deceived. While their moral standards for the rest of the world were rigid, they were always able to find excuses for their own shortcomings. It is these people really, said my father, small-time hypocrites, who may in special cases be capable of monstrous acts if given the chance.

How could a society hang a man for stealing honey?" we ask from our perspective; "Why does a man repeatedly risk hanging to steal some honey?" wonders Frantz.

Drugs and stealing go together like bagels and lox.