#stealing

The Indians began to be troublesome all around me, killing and wounding cattle, stealing horses, and threatening to attack us. I was obliged to make campaigns against them and punish them. ↗

— John Sutter

#around #attack #began #campaigns #cattle

I unbuttoned my white shirt and reknotted it under by breasts. I felt like one of those circus 'quick change' acts – ta-dah, no more Wimpy Wendy, now we have Slinky Phee rising from the ashes. ↗

— Joss Stirling

#phoenix #stealing-phoenix #change

Leadership isn't something that people hand to you. ... [i]t's a gradual process, one where you take responsibility years before you are given authority. And that's something we can teach. ↗

— Seth Godin

#dreams

Nobody steals books but your friends. ↗

— Roger Zelazny

#friendship #inspirational #irony #stealing #friendship

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

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

But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful. ↗

— Jupiter Hammon

#certainly #god #punish #stealing #unfaithful

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. ↗