#stealing

If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least for males, for increasing presence in the gene pool, why do we feel they are wrong? Shouldn't the only morality that evolution produces be the kind Bill Clinton had - being sorry you got caught? ↗

— Robert J. Sawyer

#darwinism #evolution #infidelity #macro-evolution #macroevolution

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

— William Shakespeare

#stealing #theft #shakespeare

Enter, stranger, but take heed Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn, Must pay most dearly in their turn. So if you seek beneath our floors A treasure that was never yours, Thief, you have been warned, beware Of finding more than treasure there. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#stealing #thieves #warning #sin

Live, Princess, for me. I love You ↗

— Molly McAdams

#romance #stealing-harper #love

Anyway, I lived on the streets and did pretty good until I got caught stealing, what was it? I kicked in a restaurant window, went in and took all the food that I wanted, and while coming out I was grabbed. ↗

— Gregory Corso

#caught #coming #did #food #good

Before Katrina, you didn't see criticism of the Bush administration in the media. Here they are, stealing elections, enacting illegal wars, huge crimes against humanity and democracy, and you didn't even see criticism. It wasn't until Katrina that people started to come down on them. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#against #before #bush #bush administration #come

It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#around #became #cannot #con #control

One of the things that drives me crazy is the belief in Hollywood that bittorrent exists solely for stealing things. ↗

— Wil Wheaton

#crazy #drives #exists #hollywood #me

I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again. ↗

— Barry White

#got #i #jail #never #off

I've made an incredible amount of money stealing fans from homeowners. ↗

— Douglas Wilson

#fans #homeowners #i #incredible #made