Best 286 quotes in «stealing quotes» category

Good designers copy; great designers steal.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Government Steals from the needy and gives to the greedy

Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. If we attempt to steal a glimpse of its features it disappears.

He's earned all his money himself, with his fists. He didn't steal it like the rest of our politicians. And he'll be less tempted to steal if he gets in the chair.

He left the key in the ignition. No one was likely to come up here and steal the truck- and if anyone did... well, he could deal with Charles

I am always up to steal secrets from smart people.

He that steals an egg will steal an ox.

Honestly, I love stealing things.

Hunger steals the memory

I always credit; I never just steal something. I'm very much a product of everything that I've read and seen and heard or listened to.

He that steals the old man's supper does him no wrong.

Holding back is so close to stealing.

I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.

I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

I did shoplift but I didn't get in trouble for it. I shoplifted a lot when I was little. Candy. I would steal candy.

I can't have cats around me because they try to steal my energy.

I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.

I dont care if youre Britney freakin Spears, nobody is going to steal my spotlight!

I'd rather be caught holding up a bank than stealing so much as a two-word phrase from another writer.

If a man look upon any other man and estimates that man as less than himself, then he is stealing from the other. He is stealing the other’s birthright – that of equality.

If something is stolen from you, don't go to the police. They're not interested. Don't go to a psychologist either, because he's interested in only one thing: that it was really you who did the stealing.

If I can steal away and read something other than what I have to for my work, it's restorative.

If I make a set of rules, then a guy goes out and steals an airplane. He comes back and says, 'It wasn't in the rules.'

If it weren't for the law, I would steal books; if it weren't for my purse, I would buy them.

If the shoe fits, steal it.

If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?

If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade.

If "Thou shalt not covet," and "Thou shalt not steal," were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it can be civilized or made free.

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.

If you're stealing a television, that should not be the death penalty.

If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.

If you're a good composer, you steal good steals.

If you give to a thief he cannot steal from you, and he is no longer a thief.

I lie! I cheat! I steal!

If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.

I have made up my mind that I must have money, Pa. I feel that I can't beg it, borrow it, or steal it; and so I have resolved that I must marry it.

I'm all-American. Sexy but not intimidating. Not the kind of woman who's going to steal someone's husband.

I make more money with Don King stealing from me than 100 percent from other promoters.

I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal. I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young woman squeal.

Immature ists imitate. Mature ists steal.

I'm confident that I can steal rounds by getting inside and throwing punches.

I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence.

I'm not sure if music got a future. We have all these electronic ways to download and steal music and get music, but there's no money in makin' music.

I really like to put my name on everything, so my roommate doesn't steal it. It's really a throwback to that.

In mine, they were just trying to steal a briefcase of cocaine.* That's it. Some flour that I got out of my mom's cupboard.

Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person; its importance not being fully recognized for some time.

In vain we call old notions fudge, And bend our conscience to our dealing; The Ten Commandments will not budge, And stealing will continue stealing.

I’m pretty certain my worthless heart shatters inside my chest, and she steals one of the pieces. If it didn’t already belong to someone else I probably would have handed her all the pieces right then and there.