Thieves Quotes - Page 26

• Fear is a thief. It robbed Peter of a perfectly good walk on water, & kept the other eleven in the boat.

  Bill Johnson

  Perfectly Good, Water, Boat

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• The man who can accept defeat and take his salary without feeling guilty is a thief.

  George Allen

  Leadership, Sports, Men

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• He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.

  William Congreve

  Honesty, Treasure, Firsts

  'Love for Love' (1695) act 3, sc. 14

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• On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair that was being held at the Columbia Gymnasium, and when I come out, my bike was gone. I was so mad I was crying, and a policeman, Joe Martin, come up and I told him I was going to whip whoever took my bike. He said I ought to take some boxing lessons to learn how to whip the thief better, and I did. That's when I started fighting.

  Muhammad Ali

  Fighting, Boxing, Mad

  Source: www.alex-haley.com

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• Active nonviolence of the brave puts to flight thieves, dacoits, murderers, and prepares an army of volunteers ready to sacrifice themselves in quelling riots, in extinguishing fires and feuds, and so on.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Army, Sacrifice, Fire

  Mahatma Gandhi (1976). “Collected Works”

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• Your thief looks Exactly like the rest, or rather better; 'Tis only at the bar, and in the dungeon, That wise men know your felon by his features.

  Lord Byron

  Wise, Men, Dungeons

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.1645, Delphi Classics

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• They say death comes like a thief in the night, where is he? I'll hug his neck.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Death, Night, Hug

  Cormac McCarthy (2010). “Suttree”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

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• You make a film and always hope you're going make "Citizen Kane" or "The Bicycle Thief." You make the film, and for one reason or another, one clicks and one doesn't, but it's out of your control completely.

  Woody Allen

  Citizens, Film, Citizen Kane

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• Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.

  Edward Young

  Procrastination, Men, Years

  'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 1' l. 417

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• Procrastination, as it may be applied to Gospel principles, is the thief of eternal life - which is life in the presence of the Father and the Son. There are many among us, even members of the Church, who feel that there is no need for haste in the observance of Gospel principles and the keeping of the commandments.

  Joseph Fielding Smith

  Father, Procrastination, Son

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• I would like to apologize for referring to George W. Bush as a 'deserter.' What I meant to say is that George W. Bush is a deserter, an election thief, a drunk driver, a WMD liar, and a functional illiterate. And he poops his pants.

  Michael Moore

  Liars, Wmd, Drunk

  Statement in 2004. "'Capitalism is evil … you have to eliminate it'" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2010.

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• [When I die] if I leave behind me ten pounds...you and all mankind [may] bear witness against me, that I have lived and died a thief and a robber.

  John Wesley

  Generosity, May, Bears

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• The tragedy of Africa is that Africans are in the business of canonizing thieves and demonizing its saints.

  PLO Lumumba

  Tragedy, Saint

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• All my dogs have been scamps and thieves and troublemakers and I've adored them all.

  Helen Hayes

  Dog, Training, Troublemaker

  Helen Hayes (2014). “On Reflection: An Autobiography”, p.201, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Experimental investigation, to borrow a phrase employed by Kepler respecting the testing of hypotheses, is "a very great thief of time." Sometimes it costs many days to determine a fact that can be stated in a line.

  John William Draper

  Science, Kepler, Cost

  John William Draper (1973). “Scientific memoirs, being experimental contributions to a knowledge of radiant energy”, Ayer Co Pub

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• If comparison is the thief of joy, then our culture is being robbed blind.

  Jon Foreman

  Joy, Culture, Blind

  "Recording Is the Art of Forgetting - Enjoy Yourself" by Jon Foreman, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2014.

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• Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find, And those who reform will be forgiven; Why the good will be rewarded, And the thief who is cunning will escape.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Reform, Use

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

  Khalil

  Politics, Killers, Murderer

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• To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Mind, Inward, Turns

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• The Americans may think they have 'liberated' Baghdad but the tens of thousands of thieves - they came in families and cruised the city in trucks and cars searching for booty - seem to have a different idea what liberation means.

  Robert Fisk

  Mean, Thinking, Cities

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• Death never comes at the right time, despite what mortals believe. Death always comes like a thief.

  Christopher Pike

  Believe, Right Time, Despite

  Christopher Pike (2013). “Thirst: Thirst No. 1; Thirst No. 2; Thirst”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

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

  Cat Stevens

  Bread, Stealing, Famine

  "Faith and the future" by Yusuf Islam, www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2001.

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• What I remember the most really was just running wild there. Barefooted, swimming in dirty lakes, selling fruit, picking mango trees, hoping not to get caught because they don't take kindly to thieves in Africa.

  Akon

  Running, Dirty, Swimming

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• Be very careful that you do not unconsciously assume that nervous tension is power. This is vital. Watch yourself the next time you work toward some goal. Look very closely to discover tense feelings and nervous thoughts whirling around inside. Do not let them deceive you into assuming that they are creative forces; they are not. They are thieves of genuine powers. As always, your awareness of their thievery is your first fine step toward casting them out.

  Vernon Howard

  Goal, Creative, Feelings

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• Alzheimer's ... it is a barren disease, as empty and lifeless as a desert. It is a thief of hearts and souls and memories.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Memories, Heart, Alzheimer's

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