#robbery

The occupation and robbery of a nation occurs under the illusion of freeing its citizens from brutal oppression. ↗

— Ramman Kenoun

#citizens #freeing #illusion #nation #occupation

We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is okay as long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed robbery is a dead robber, on the scene. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

#armed #certain #circles #continue #dead

The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#arts #back #bank #bank robbery #being

Sympathy is why when a man is getting mugged, you let him keep his shirt after you take his life. Funerals are respectable affairs, after all. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #robbery #sympathy #funny

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? ↗

— Saint Augustine

#absence #justice #organized #robbery #sovereignty

The rise of computer crime and armed robbery has not eliminated the lure of caged cash. ↗

— James Chiles

#caged #cash #computer #crime #eliminated

I may not be able to remember your name, but I remember your address and what time you leave in the mornings. Your name isn’t Rob, is it? ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#robbery #humor

Every single time it was grand. I loved the moment when you announce the stickup and everything suddenly goes brighter and sharper and the world seems to spin faster. You show them the gun and say hand it over and there's no telling what's going to happen in the next tick of the clock. ↗

— James Carlos Blake

#robbery #suspense #thrill #love

Hey anyone who thinks a non-military–grade rappelling cable can support the weight of two grown men and a miniature donkey deserves to fall off a cliff. ↗

— Ally Carter

#hale #robbery #men

The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#stealing #theft #shakespeare