Quotes for All
You could be a gambler. A thief, for all I know. Besides—” He captured her hand and stopped her from walking on, holding her in place. “Besides what, you insufferable prude?” “Prude, eh? Do you need another kiss to remind you what a prude I am?” “Don’t you dare.” “Then don’t call me names.” “You … Read more
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. Gaby Hoffmann
The day is for honest men, the night for thieves. Euripides
We are a material-mad race of people. Build, increase, expand, pile up, hoard! More and more and more. “If we can just make enough money to-to- !” Jesus said: Sell what ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, … Read more
Economy is the thief of time. Ethel Mumford
I tried once in my life to write a novel. I had written something like 80 pages of it when my laptop got stolen. When I told people this, they acted as if something tragic had happened, but I kind of felt relieved, grateful to the thief who saved me from another year of something … Read more
When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my coppers. Ernestine Rose
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. Erik Naggum
War has taught me that each one of us contains every ingredient of the human recipe. By varying measure we are all cowards and brave men, thieves and honest men, selfish and selfless men, malingerers and champions, weasels and lions. The only question is how much of each attribute we allow- or force – to … Read more
When people know you’ve been a soldier, they judge you: you are a thief, a lost boy. Emmanuel Jal