[Salvation] is a curious process of divine burglary. The first thing to be wrested from one by a God who said 'Thou shalt not steal' is one's good opinion of one's self.
I shouldn't steal in this world.
I have more appreciation for why the Bible avoids fuzzy psychologisms and says simply to the stealer, "Steal no more," and to the tempted, "Flee temptation. " The Bible challenges us to look upward, not inward, for counsel at moments of crisis.
I wouldn't steal anything because stealing is wrong. If I had to, I'd steal a caged bird and set it free.
Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.
When you steal from the library, you are preventing anyone else from reading that book, and the very notion makes me want to drop you in the Void.
I did not steal other people's work! I may have appropriated some styles, but I did not steal. My work is full. . . of homages to everyone in my medium - not theft!
I can still steal a base anytime I get ready.
Police in Texas arrested a man who was using the alias 'Barack Obama' while trying to steal money from 35 ATMs. They could tell something was up when a guy named Barack Obama was trying to take money from banks instead of giving it to them.
It’s a fair-sized job to write a book that people can be bothered just to read; when they begin to steal copies, you are really getting some place.
I always credit; I never just steal something. I'm very much a product of everything that I've read and seen and heard or listened to.
The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.
To be more aware, we need only listen for and let go of the thoughts which steal our attention.
Good composers don't borrow, they steal
The sweetest hunts are stolen. To steal a hunt, either go far into the wilderness where no one has been, or else find some undiscovered place under everybody's nose
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
Why would anyone steal a shopping cart? It's like stealing a two-year-old.
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.
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done. The writer's only responsibility is to his art.