Best 286 quotes in «stealing quotes» category

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

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 the shoe fits, steal it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 lie! I cheat! I steal!

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.

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

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

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

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'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence.

Immature ists imitate. Mature ists steal.

In life, we will always encounter difficult people. Don't allow them to frustrate you or steal your joy.

Im riding a troll! i was born to do this,and steal stuff, and EAT LOADS!

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.

In these days when we feed those who are not hungry, we are stealing from those who are starving, even though the food is our own.

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

I steal from every movie ever made.

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.

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.

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 think if you steal well, you're a genius. If you copy badly, you're a hack.

It is very wicked for you not to take care of your masters goods, but how much worse is it to pilfer and steal from them, whenever you think you shall not be found out.

I thought Black Friday was when everyone puts on blackface and steals children from Wal-Mart.

I've been around where I knew other actors were going to steal the scene, and I don't compete with them.

It's a poor artist who borrows--a good artist steals.

It's immoral to steal, but you can take things.

It's nice to collect stamps, but if it becomes obsessive, and you start stealing for your stamps, it becomes too much.

It's not the goods that matter. It's the theft itself. That's what counts.

I've got a friend who is half-Jewish and half-Italian. If he can't buy it wholesale, he steals it!

I've often thought that my scruples about stealing books were the only thing that stood in the way of my being a really great scholar.

I was aware that people thought a certain type of photo work was either stealing, borrowing, copying or dumb.

I will steal your dreams tonight. Dark

Lend.” “Lend?” Raquel asked. “Yes, as in, lend me your self.” He shimmered into Raquel again. “Why not Borrow?” I asked. “Better yet, Steal?

Linking without permission is stealing. Period, end of story.

Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that their competitors might steal a march on them if they stopped.