“ Yes I pay taxes... There are no ethics in the face of coercion, that is blaming the victim. Focus on the man with the gun, not the man in the crosshairs trying to survive. Stefan Molyneux
“ The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief. William Shakespeare
“ 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. Terry Pratchett
“ 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 wa… Walter Isaacson
“ 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 ea… John Steinbeck
“ 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. Mark Helprin
“ 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. Mohsin Hamid
“ We have got into the habit of admiring colossal bandits, whose opulence is revered by the entire world, yet whose existence, once we stop to examine it, proves to be one long crime repeated ad infinit… Louis-Ferdinand Celine
“ Consider the species known as man. We lie, we cheat, we want what others have and take it; we make war upon each other and the earth; we harvest lives in multitude. We have mortgaged the planet and sp… Justin Cronin
“ If I did sales - my technique would be to hand-seal each deal with gourmet omelets, by Jarod Kintz's secret invisible recipe that I stole. Will Advise
“ But I found signs of their trespass: a burned patch planted with a fistful of grain, a tree felled or stripped of fruit, a deer strung up in a snare. I never saw a poacher. They were too cunning, and… Sarah Micklem
“ Now because 18 months ago the first dawn, 3 months ago broad daylight but a very few days ago the full sun of the most highly remarkable spectacle has risen — nothing holds me back. I can give myself… Johannes Kepler
“ The ring which you are holding, my friend, is identical to that one. I had it cut according to the model of the king's ring, and damascened in Spain. The original is still in the Escorial; it would ha… Jean Lorrain
“ For every dollar that is spent on the (boondoggle) bridge a dollar will be taken away from taxpayers. If the bridge costs $1,000,000 the taxpayers will lose $1,000, 000. They will have that much taken… Henry Hazlitt
“ Duntz asked Smith, 'Added up, how much money did you get from the Cutters?' 'Between forty and fifty dollars. Truman Capote
“ We have constructed an artifice, a Potemkin village of an ecosystem where we perpetrate the illusion that the things we consume have just fallen off the back of Santa’s sleigh, not been ripped from th… Robin Wall Kimmerer
“ But I need to remember that the grief is the settlers’ as well. They too will never walk in a tallgrass prairie where sunflowers dance with goldfinches. Their children have also lost the chance to sin… Robin Wall Kimmerer
“ The creek that was once a fishery for Atlantic salmon, a swimming hole for kids, and a focal point of community life now runs as brown as chocolate milk. Allied Chemical and its successors deny any ro… Robin Wall Kimmerer
