Best 286 quotes in «stealing quotes» category

Thievery pays for the tools, and the work shows me the mind of God. Stealing is a lot like alchemy, you know. In each, we each try to find what is beautiful and hidden and make it ours.

What is stealing?When is it excusable? When is it a crime?' Thomas looked uncomfortable as he read. Christian perked up. Belle saw Christian listening with interest and looked down at her shoes. 'An action becomes stealing when one of two conditions are met. First, when there is harm to the victim. Second, when the act is done for personal gain.' Thomas looked up and smiled. He seemed happy with where the speech was going, and Belle breathed a sigh of relief. Christian's face had gone white. He stood frozen in his spot. Belle smiled as if to say that things were different with him. That stealing was different in their world. She was torn between excitement for Thomas and embarasment for Christian. 'If both these criteria are met, there is no question where society stands. When of two criteria is in question, society begins to debate. For example, is it wrong when someone takes something that has been thrown away? Perhaps not, since there is no detriment to the victim. Is it wrong when someone takes a loaf of bread to feed a starving baby or taxes the rich to help the poor? Perhaps not, since the motive is unselfish.' Victoria wasn't even looking at Thomas anymore. She was glaring at Belle. She looked like she was about to lunge at her. Belle signaled to her that perhaps she should take notes. But Victoria wasn't used to preparing rebuttals without advanced notice. 'When neither of the criteria is met, however, I propose that there is no crime against ethics. Is it wrong to take a syringe from a drug addict? Of course not.

Typically, in politics, more than one horse is owned and managed by the same team in an election. There's always and extra candidate who will slightly mimic the views of their team's opposing horse, to cancel out that person by stealing their votes just so the main horse can win. Elections are puppet shows. Regardless of their rainbow coats and many smiles, the agenda is one and the same.

Yes, but none of them can steal my ship. None of them are smart enough to know that it was the right thing to do at the time.

What do you mean, my life is at risk?" I questioned. "From one of the other professors?" "Oh, it goes much deeper than that, Freddy," he said with a half crazed, wide eyed smile. Leaning in, he whispered, "I stole something.

When a man kills another man, the people say he is a murderer, but when the Emir kills him, the Emir is just. When a man robs a monastery, they say he is a thief, but when the Emir robs him of his life, the Emir is honourable. When a woman betrays her husband, they say she is an adulteress, but when the Emir makes her walk naked in the streets and stones her later, the Emir is noble. Shedding of blood is forbidden, but who made it lawful for the Emir? Stealing one's money is a crime, but taking away one's life is a noble act. Betrayal of a husband may be an ugly deed, but stoning of living souls is a beautiful sight. Shall we meet evil with evil and say this is the Law? Shall we fight corruption with greater corruption and say this is the Rule? Shall we conquer crimes with more crimes and say this is Justice? Had not the Emir killed an enemy in his past life? Had he not robbed his weak subjects of money and property? Had he not committed adultery? Was he infallible when he killed the murderer and hanged the thief in the tree? Who are those who hanged the thief in the tree? Are they angels descended from heaven, or men looting and usurping? Who cut off the murderer's head? Are they divine prophets, or soldiers shedding blood wherever they go? Who stoned that adulteress? Were they virtuous hermits who came from their monasteries, or humans who loved to commit atrocities with glee, under the protection of ignorant Law? What is Law? Who saw it coming with the sun from the depths of heaven? What human saw the heart of God and found its will or purpose? In what century did the angels walk among the people and preach to them, saying, "Forbid the weak from enjoying life, and kill the outlaws with the sharp edge of the sword, and step upon the sinners with iron feet?

Yeah, that’s what Jeffrey said too. Oh, wait … Jeffrey said something about a Sacred Abil and the Trophy of Stavlini, or Stavriti, or Stav … something.” “Staviti?” The hysteria in Emmy’s voice was definitely becoming prominent now. “The Trophy of Staviti? You stole the Trophy of Staviti?” I clapped a hand over her mouth, trying to muffle her shriek. “No!” I answered reflexively. “Or yes. Kind of. Maybe. Why?” She gave a muffled answer, and I realised that I was still holding my hand over her mouth. I pulled away, allowing her to speak again. “You don’t know who Staviti is, Willa? Seriously? You couldn’t pay attention in class even for that much?” “I knew it sounded familiar,” I grumbled, feeling defensive. “Is it the god of … um … food or something?

You know, stealing someone’s kill is bad form,” he complained, cutting through the quiet tension.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

You'll make bundle of blunders if you consider yourself too clever to look at anothers work.

You see, it is my passionately held belief that the right to possess property is at best a contingent one. When disparities become too great, a superior right, that to life, outweighs the right to property. Ergo, the very poor have the right to steal from the very rich.

Adultery is an evil only inasmuch as it is a theft; but we do not steal that which is given to us.

A likely source for terrorists seeking to buy or steal nuclear materials is the former Soviet Union.

A lie is an act of theft. It steals peoples faith and makes them resent themselves

All actors almost always try to steal some of their wardrobe.

All my cousins steal things. Theyre just a bunch of thieves. My whole family is like that. You put something down for a second, and they steal it. You never see it again.

All nature works, and then rests; works and rests. I caught its rhythm and worked and rested with it. When I felt that inertia stealing over me, I rested; and while resting my power recuperated - the tide rose in me.

A junkie will steal your purse, and then help you look for it.

And I suppose tapes are a desperate attempt to steal something from Death's suitcase.

Actually I have a tradition that I always steal my last costume on the last day of filming.

Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.

An adulterer will not commit adultery when he has full faith (in Allah), and a thief will not steal when he has full faith (in Allah).

An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.

Anyone that would letterspace blackletter would steal sheep.

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.

Anger is a thief who steals away the nice moments.

A plagiarist steals from one person. A true artist steals from everybody.

Back in the '40's, Lyndon Johnson could still steal a Senate election in South Texas with the help of the big patrons.

And when once the young heart of a maiden is stolen, The maiden herself will steal after it soon.

By woe the soul to daring action steals; by woe in plaintless patience it excels.

Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?

China can be our partner, but that doesn't mean they can just roll all over us and steal our jobs on an unfair basis.

COMPETITOR is one who can steal a few deals, but, the pinch of which, A VISIONARY Never feels...!

Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.

A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief.

Copying is not theft. Because when you steal something it means the other person doesn't have it anymore.

Copyright? Copy RIGHT: Steal ideas, steal facts but do not steal words.

Copying one person is stealing. Copying ten is research.

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

Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.

Devotion's self shall steal a thought from heaven.

Everywhere and at all times it is in thy power piously to acquiesce in thy present condition, and to behave justly to those who are about thee, and to exert thy skill upon thy present thoughts, that nothing shall steal into them without being well examined.

Crime is rampant. We even steal away from responsibility.

Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness.

Don't take what someone else has made sure of and pretend it's you yourself that have made sure of it till it's yours absolutely by conviction. It's stealing to take it and hypocrisy and you'll fall into a hole.

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

Even the best thief in the world can't steal time.

Did Brother Zachariah just steal our cat?

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

For some reason, when I was in junior high school, my friends and I had, like, a cologne-stealing ring.