Quotes of Larceny - somelinesforyou

“ Property is theft. ”

- Pierre Joseph Proudhon

“ The real reason why Robin Hood robbed only the rich was that the poor had no money. ”

- Evan Esar

“ Why would anyone steal a shopping cart? It's like stealing a two-year-old. ”

- Erma Bombeck

“ You sparkle with larceny. ”

- Wilson Mizner

“ Flat burglary as ever was committed. - Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 2. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ A thief believes everybody steals. ”

- E.W. Howe

“ How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread! ”

- Anatole France

“ Robbery was obviously the motive. ”

- Stan Smith

“ It had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odor. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ A pickpocket is obviously a champion of private enterprise. ”

- G. K. Chesterton

“ A man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary. ”

- Finley Peter Dunne

“ The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve. ”

- George Herbert

“ Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few. ”

- Wendell Phillips

“ The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his palace - More followers than a thief to the gallows. ”

- Samuel Butler

“ It is easier to rob a million men of a dollar each than to rob one man of a million. ”

- Evan Esar

“ All stealing is comparative. If you come to absolutes, pray who does not steal? ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need. ”

- Bible

“ On Jan. 23, you will finally be able to hold the Liberals accountable for stealing your money, accountable for breaking your trust and accountable for failing to deliver on your priorities. ”

- Stephen Harper

“ Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. ”

- Howard Aiken

“ Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen. ”

- Edward F. Halifax

“ I would like to make a toast to lying, stealing, cheating and drinking. If you're going to lie, lie for a friend. If you're going to steal, steal a heart. If your going to cheat, cheat death. And if you're going to drink, drink with me. ”

- Unknown

“ Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing. ”

- George Orwell

“ To keep my hands from picking and stealing. ”

- Bible

“ What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it. ”

- Billie Joe Armstrong

“ If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out. ”

- Paul Gallico

“ It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk. ”

- Bertolt Brecht

“ To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft. ”

- Jose Marti

“ MAC gave me 55 lipsticks to test. These are the same lipsticks I got caught stealing by the police when I was 15. How ironic. ”

- Eddie Izzard

“ They're stealing my ideas. They're imitating my shots. ”

- David O. Selznick

“ Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world. ”

- Malcolm McLaren
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