Stealing Quotes - Page 27

• He who steals a hook shall be hanged; while he who steals the state shall be crowned as prince.

  Laozi

  Hook, States

  16 Copy quote

• The worst financial decision you can ever make in your life, is to steal something. The second is like it, and that is to cheat someone. Even, if it would appear that you were never brought to account for it.

  Strive Masiyiwa

  Decision, Financial, Life Is

  52 Copy quote

• Everyone steals in commerce and industry. I've stolen a lot, myself. But I know how to steal! They don't know how to steal!

  Thomas A. Edison

  Stolen, Commerce, Know How

  "Tesla: The Modern Sorcerer". Book by Daniel Blair Stewart, 1999.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• They may seize
  On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand
  And steal immortal blessing from her lips,
  Who, even in pure and vestal modesty,
  Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.

  William Shakespeare

  Kissing, Blessing, Thinking

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edward Capell, Alexander Pope, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.148

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Minor artists borrow, great ones steal.

  Ned Rorem

  Artist, Minors, Great Ones

  Ned Rorem (2013). “Knowing When to Stop: A Memoir”, p.83, Open Road Media

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• By the time I was 10 or 11, I was completely demoralized. I thought, "I'm done. I'm never going to be a missionary," because my indiscretion column, whether it was little lies or stealing a Chunky bar, kept me from sainthood.

  Patti Smith

  Lying, Bars, Done

  "The Private World of Patti Smith". Interview with Joan Juliet Buck, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 30, 2015.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I use things, I steal things from my life when I want to, when I need to, or when it seems appropriate. But most of the stuff in my novels is entirely invented, ninety-five percent. And even when I do borrow something, it becomes fictionalized.

  Paul Auster

  Needs, Use, Want

  Interview with Nathalie Cochoy and Sophie Vallas, transatlantica.revues.org. March 2014.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Although the point of blogging is that it doesn't pay, I often steal from my blog for paid publication. I've based several magazine essays on blog posts, as well as an entire book.

  Kate Christensen

  Book, Pay, Blogging

  Source: therumpus.net

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I guess I feel like; if you're doing something and people are accusing you of appropriating something like that so obviously, then I would feel like I've failed as a creative person. It's just like stealing something and doing some sort of slight alteration to it - I'd feel like I'm not doing my job as a musician, or as a creative person - if it's just obvious like that.

  Panda Bear

  Jobs, People, Creative

  7 Copy quote

• If you're going to steal a car, don't steal a mail vehicle. They don't mess around. I mean, have fun, steal all the cars you want, but don't steal a U.S. Mail vehicle.

  Rob Huebel

  Fun, Mean, Car

  "Rob Huebel on meeting Paul McCartney and how he knows Bigfoot exists". "11 Questions" with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. January 29, 2016.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• There's a lot of opportunities for scene-stealing if you're a dog.

  Alison Brie

  Dog, Opportunity, Scene

  "Alison Brie talks Mad Men, Community and clown school". Interview with Nick De Semlyen, www.empireonline.com. February 18, 2016.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• When I was released from prison everybody thought I'd go back to doing the same things I did before, but I had no desire to do any of that anymore. That stuff steals, kills, and destroys your life and robs you of all the blessings that God has for you.

  Christian Hosoi

  Blessing, Desire, Stuff

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• If I found out some gal was trying to steal my guy, I'd want to give her a black eye! Instead, I wrote this song. At the time I was writing each song [on this album], you could figure out the frame of mind I was in by listening closely. With every song I've ever recorded, I'm in it. I wouldn't write about it if I wasn't in it.

  Loretta Lynn

  Song, Writing, Eye

  "Loretta Lynn: The queen of country music on 55 years in the biz". Interview with Elio Iannacci, www.macleans.ca. February 27, 2016.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• You can't just walk into someone's house and take $15 bucks out of someone's wallet and then walk out with their song. You can't do that. You got to know the difference between stealing from being cool to the band and paying them what they're deserved.

  Richard Patrick

  Song, Differences, House

  Source: www.alternativenation.net

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I don't want to be at a point where I'm trying to steal the spotlight from the team or anyone else or make it seem like it's just about me.

  Tyler Beede

  Team, Trying, Spotlight

  Source: www.sfgate.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with.

  Adam Rapp

  Ideas, Directors

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I got caught shoplifting, which is not good. I was stealing for this boy that I went with at the time, and I ended up getting a three-month punishment.

  Dreezy

  Boys, Punishment, Three

  Source: www.mtv.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think it's important to be aware of different people's styles and how you adapt or change or steal their ideas.

  Chris Hemsworth

  Thinking, Ideas, People

  "Chris Hemsworth: Charlize Theron and Jessica Chastain Hazed Me Harder Than My Brothers". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.elle.com. March 11, 2016.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I became alcoholic at around age of 13 or 14. I was full-blown. Every day we would hide the alcohol, stealing from stores or stealing it from our parents and hiding out in dirt fields and drinking it before school and after school.

  Reginald Arvizu

  Drinking, School, Parent

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Actually, I caught myself thinking that I was hoping for someone to break into my apartment and steal my computer, or a big fire would take place in my apartment, or thinking of uninstalling my firewall so someone could hack into my computer. I just had all these dreams and eventually realized what I needed to do was delete the songs because I really wasn't happy with them. I needed a fresh beginning.

  Jens Lekman

  Dream, Song, Thinking

  Interview with Ryan Schreiber, pitchfork.com. February 13, 2006.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

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

  James Franco

  School, Juniors, Junior High

  "James Franco: The Method Of 'Milk'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 27, 2009.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Farmed animals are not future Buddhas donating their flesh out of compassion for those of us who have developed a craving for it. They are victims of our greed from whom we steal the most precious gift any of us has: life.

  Norm Phelps

  Buddhist, Compassion, Animal

  Norm Phelps (2004). “The Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights”, p.110, Lantern Books

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Maybe I would get the chance to be financed for a small romantic comedy, but a war movie by a 28-year-old woman about Japanese soldiers? No one was going to go for that. It's easy to just steal an idea because it's very safe.

  Julie Delpy

  War, Years, Ideas

  "Julie Delpy: Male Directors Have Stolen My Ideas". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.elle.com. March 22, 2016.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm trying to steal from everybody. So yeah, there's cats that I'm personally affiliated with - Carl Franklin, Paul Thomas Anderson - and others that I don't know personally but their work I'm a big admirer of, like Martin Scorsese. But I'm hoping to come up with a language that is mine, that's specific to my take on this material.

  Don Cheadle

  Cat, Trying, Language

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I have called this phenomenon of stealing common knowledge and indigenous science "biopiracy" and "intellectual piracy." According to patent systems we shouldn't be able to patent what exists as "prior art." But the United States patent system is somewhat perverted. First of all, it does not treat the prior art of other societies as "prior art." Therefore anyone from the United States can travel to another country, find out about the use of a medicinal plant, or find a seed that farmers use, come back here, claim it as an invention or an innovation.

  Vandana Shiva

  Country, Art, Innovation

  Source: scottlondon.com

  13 Copy quote

  Show source