Thieves Quotes - Page 7

Thieves at home must hang; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes.

To make a thief, make an owner; to create crime, create laws.

Bicycle Thief is a triumphant discovery of the fundamentals of cinema, and De Sica has openly acknowledged his debt to Chaplin.

When thieves come, I bark; when gallants, I am still - So perform both my master's and mistress's will.

Consider what importance to society the chastity of women is. Upon that all the property in the world depends. We hang a thief for stealing a sheep; but the unchastity of a woman transfers sheep and farm and all from the right owner.

A thief loves the night. I am day. I reveal essences.

We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have.

Humble yourself"--it is a humbling experience to knock at God's door--you have to knock with the crucified thief. "To him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

Alric looked up at the thief with a scowl. “I just want to say for the record that as far as royal protectors go, you’re not very good.” “It’s my first day,” Royce replied dryly. “And already I’m trapped in a timeless prison. I shudder to think what might have happened if you had a whole week.

Every time thief steals, he steals from his own peace, from his own honour! No man is as poor as a rich thief!

Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book.

In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.

What do the nationalists say about killers punishing murderers and thieves sentencing looters?

My favorite movie ever is Bicycle Thieves.

We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.

Punctuality is the thief of adventure.

I'm an escaped car thief. I broke out of prison to see the Cubs in the World Series.

You lovers of knowledge! So what have you done out of your love of knowledge up to now? Have you already stolen and murdered so as to know how a thief and a murderer feels?

it's just that in C++ and the like, you don't trust anybody, and in CLOS you basically trust everybody. The practical result is that thieves and bums use C++ and nice people use CLOS.

I am a thief, I am a liar, I am George Bush and my son is an asshole.

We are very fond of some families because they can be traced beyond the Conquest, whereas indeed the farther back, the worse, as being the nearer allied to a race of robbers and thieves.

My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

When remedies are past, the griefs are ended By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended. To mourn a mischief that is past and gone Is the next way to draw new mischief on. What cannot be preserved when fortune takes, Patience her injury a mockery makes. The robb'd that smiles steals something for the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.

Doubt is a thief that often makes us fear to tread where we might have won.

I like thieves. Some of my best friends are thieves. Why, just last week we had the president of the bank over for dinner.