#stealing

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#attracting #chance #desperation #good #good chance

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

— Erma Bombeck

#cart #like #shopping #steal #stealing

Why are people so interested in other people's relationships? It's like stealing. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#like #other #people #relationships #stealing

I was addicted to hacking, more for the intellectual challenge, the curiosity, the seduction of adventure; not for stealing, or causing damage or writing computer viruses. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#adventure #causing #challenge #computer #curiosity

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

— Wendell Phillips

#eternal vigilance #ever #few #liberty #many

The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as well. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#stealing #thievery #thieves #humor

You stole a boat,” she snapped. “What am I doing with you, you boat-stealing lunatic? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humour #lost

But there are some things, child, that you should steal. That you must steal, if you have enough love and courage in your heart. You must snatch freedom from the hands of the tyrant. You must spirit away innocent lives before they are destroyed. You must hide secret and sacred places. ↗

— Lian Tanner

#courage #stealing #theft #courage

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#better #borrowing #interest #just #lending

In West Virginia yesterday, a man was arrested for stealing several blow-up dolls. Reportedly, police didn't have any trouble catching the man because he was completely out of breath. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#arrested #because #breath #catching #completely