Quotes About Thievery

Comprobaréis, señora, que los conquistadores carecen de vergüenza: llegan como mendigos, se comportan como ladrones y se creen señores.

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

Show me a liar, and I'll show thee a thief.

If you keep all your treasures in one purse, you only make it easier for those who would rob you.

Hiçbir ?ey bilmiyorsun Jon Kar. H?rs?z olan sizlersiniz. Bütün dünyay? ald?n?z ve özgür insanlar? d??ar?da b?rakmak için Sur'u in?a ettiniz.

A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.

Whatever is not nailed down is mine. Whatever I can pry loose is not nailed down.

He that would pun would pick a pocket.

I suddenly began to realize that everybody in America is a natural-born thief. I was getting the bug myself.

I suddenly began to realize that everyone in America is a natural-born thief.

Farming is backbreaking work, but at least it is honest labor. This killing isn't honest. It is thievery… the thievery of men's lives, and no right-minded person should aspire to it.

The loved ones of a Thief are never safe. - Cery

The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

Thievery is a time-honored profession, my girl. Not to be confused with these hooligans who mug people on the street, or bloodthirsty klutzes who burst into banks, guns blazing. We're discriminating. We're romantic." His voice rose in passion. "We're artists

The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella: But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just's umbrella.

Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim of life. The hair-raising revelations of skullduggery and grand-scale thievery merely incite others to surpass by yet bolder outrages and more corrupt combinations.

Well, our operations are definable as robbery and murder," he agreed. "Space Vikings are professional robbers and murderers.

I bet that guy could steal the stink off of shit

the men who break in and steal by night, who spread self-doubt and fear and acrimony, will eventually fall by the wayside and be unremembered ciphers that disappear like scraps of newspaper in our rearview mirror.

I now know how to steal a watch when someone's wearing it. It's an excellent talent to have.

I'm a great collaborator. I really am. I will steal anyone's idea if it is a good one.

I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.

Reconocer el terreno» significa observar un lugar concreto para poder urdir un plan. Por ejemplo, si eres un ladrón de bancos —aunque espero que no sea así—, quizá vayas al banco unos días antes de robarlo. Quizá con un disfraz, mires aquí y allá, observando a los guardas de seguridad, las cámaras y otros obstáculos, para poder planear cómo evitar que te capturen o te maten en el transcurso del robo.