theft

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
1e31cab	The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.	theft stealing	William Shakespeare
e99ba16	Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.	shakespeare good-name standing libel reputation slander value society theft values	William Shakespeare
8278c6b	And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all its heart--that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn't exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft, and cruelty. Yet here we are.	war slavery america us united-states-of-america native-americans usa delusions united-states cruelty race-relations theft	Colson Whitehead
8cf3f1c	He helped the Librarian up. There was a red glow in the ape's eyes. It had tried to steal his books. This was probably the best proof any wizard could require that the trolleys were brainless.	libraries theft	Terry Pratchett
6712e49	If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least for males, for increasing presence in the gene pool, why do we feel they are wrong? Shouldn't the only morality that evolution produces be the kind Bill Clinton had - being sorry you got caught?	evolution morality infidelity macro-evolution macroevolution social-darwinism survival-of-the-fittest theft darwinism natural-selection stealing	Robert J. Sawyer
206a4e9	Men kill for many reasons, they steal but for one-greed.	killing theft stealing	Sharon Kay Penman
069cf3d	A pickpocket is obviously a champion of private enterprise. But it would perhaps be an exaggeration to say that a pickpocket is a champion of private property. The point about Capitalism and Commercialism, as conducted of late, is that they have really preached the extension of business rather than the preservation of belongings; and have at best tried to disguise the pickpocket with some of the virtues of the pirate.	commerce goods property theft capitalism	G.K. Chesterton
7c35c3d	"Casy said, "Ol' Tom's house can't be more'n a mile from here. Ain't she over that third rise?" Sure," said Joad. "Less somebody stole it, like Pa stole it." Your pa stole it?" Sure, got it a mile an' a half east of here an' drug it. Was a family livin' there, an' they moved away. Grampa an' Pa an' my brother Noah like to took the whole house, but she wouldn't come. They only got part of her. That's why she looks so funny on one end. They cut her in two an' drug her over with twelve head of horses and two mules. They was goin' back for the other half an' stick her together again, but before they got there Wink Manley come with his boys and stole the other half. Pa an' Grampa was pretty sore, but a little later them an' Wink got drunk together an' laughed their heads off about it. Wink, he says his house is a stud, an' if we'll bring our'n over an' breed 'em we'll maybe get a litter of crap houses. Wink was a great ol' fella when he was drunk. After that him an' Pa an' Grampa was friends. Got drunk together ever' chance they got."	jokes house theft	John Steinbeck
4f1d28b	This whole country's stolen.	usa theft	Jeffrey Eugenides
5460707	We were two of a kind, the only difference being that he was reverential before all the traditional word magic, and I would steal it if I could. He came to the tradition as a pilgrim, I as a pickpocket.	pilgrim reverence theft tradition	Wallace Stegner
712cfb9	"Hertzfeld recalled that Gates just sat there coolly, looking at Steve in the eye, before hurling back, in his squeaky voice, what became a classic zinger. "Well, Steve, I think there's more than one way of looking at it, I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it."	insult perspective theft technology	Walter Isaacson
ff61bba	It was a dark story.	marriage dark death short kidnapping pirate theft ominous	Joseph Conrad
4e64d14	Vassals of an outdated ideology unrelated to the real world, they can, when questioned on this issue, only mumble neoliberal mantras that have delivered the world economic stagnation, rising inequality and global environmental crisis	australian-government copyright neoliberalism theft plagiarism	Richard Flanagan
eeb5046	Nobody steals books except kleptomaniacs and university students. In most places you can leave a book on the street and come back for in the next day.	reading theft bookstores	Mark Helprin
ed6a309	If the choice is between being held up at gunpoint or holding the gun, only a madman would choose to hand over his wallet rather than fill it with someone else's cash.	theft stealing	Mohsin Hamid

The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.

William Shakespeare

e99ba16

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.

shakespeare good-name standing libel reputation slander value society theft values

William Shakespeare

8278c6b

And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all its heart--that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn't exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft, and cruelty. Yet here we are.

war slavery america us united-states-of-america native-americans usa delusions united-states cruelty race-relations theft

Colson Whitehead

8cf3f1c

He helped the Librarian up. There was a red glow in the ape's eyes. It had tried to steal his books. This was probably the best proof any wizard could require that the trolleys were brainless.

libraries theft

Terry Pratchett

6712e49

If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least for males, for increasing presence in the gene pool, why do we feel they are wrong? Shouldn't the only morality that evolution produces be the kind Bill Clinton had - being sorry you got caught?

evolution morality infidelity macro-evolution macroevolution social-darwinism survival-of-the-fittest theft darwinism natural-selection stealing

Robert J. Sawyer

206a4e9

Men kill for many reasons, they steal but for one-greed.

killing theft stealing

Sharon Kay Penman

069cf3d

A pickpocket is obviously a champion of private enterprise. But it would perhaps be an exaggeration to say that a pickpocket is a champion of private property. The point about Capitalism and Commercialism, as conducted of late, is that they have really preached the extension of business rather than the preservation of belongings; and have at best tried to disguise the pickpocket with some of the virtues of the pirate.

commerce goods property theft capitalism

G.K. Chesterton

7c35c3d

"Casy said, "Ol' Tom's house can't be more'n a mile from here. Ain't she over that third rise?" Sure," said Joad. "Less somebody stole it, like Pa stole it." Your pa stole it?" Sure, got it a mile an' a half east of here an' drug it. Was a family livin' there, an' they moved away. Grampa an' Pa an' my brother Noah like to took the whole house, but she wouldn't come. They only got part of her. That's why she looks so funny on one end. They cut her in two an' drug her over with twelve head of horses and two mules. They was goin' back for the other half an' stick her together again, but before they got there Wink Manley come with his boys and stole the other half. Pa an' Grampa was pretty sore, but a little later them an' Wink got drunk together an' laughed their heads off about it. Wink, he says his house is a stud, an' if we'll bring our'n over an' breed 'em we'll maybe get a litter of crap houses. Wink was a great ol' fella when he was drunk. After that him an' Pa an' Grampa was friends. Got drunk together ever' chance they got."

jokes house theft

John Steinbeck

4f1d28b

This whole country's stolen.

usa theft

Jeffrey Eugenides

5460707

We were two of a kind, the only difference being that he was reverential before all the traditional word magic, and I would steal it if I could. He came to the tradition as a pilgrim, I as a pickpocket.

pilgrim reverence theft tradition

Wallace Stegner

712cfb9

"Hertzfeld recalled that Gates just sat there coolly, looking at Steve in the eye, before hurling back, in his squeaky voice, what became a classic zinger. "Well, Steve, I think there's more than one way of looking at it, I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it."

insult perspective theft technology

Walter Isaacson

ff61bba

It was a dark story.

marriage dark death short kidnapping pirate theft ominous

Joseph Conrad

4e64d14

Vassals of an outdated ideology unrelated to the real world, they can, when questioned on this issue, only mumble neoliberal mantras that have delivered the world economic stagnation, rising inequality and global environmental crisis

australian-government copyright neoliberalism theft plagiarism

Richard Flanagan

eeb5046

Nobody steals books except kleptomaniacs and university students. In most places you can leave a book on the street and come back for in the next day.

reading theft bookstores

Mark Helprin

ed6a309

If the choice is between being held up at gunpoint or holding the gun, only a madman would choose to hand over his wallet rather than fill it with someone else's cash.

theft stealing

Mohsin Hamid