Time's the thief of memory
The great thieves lead away the little thief.
The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist.
Do not procrastinate. Someone has said that procrastination is the thief of time. Actually, procrastination is much more. It is the thief of our self-respect. It nags at us and spoils our fun. It deprives us of the fullest realization of our ambitions and hopes.
I don't want to be a thief of my own wallet.
When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my coppers.
We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have.
Hunger makes a thief of any man.
I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.
Come work for me, and I’ll tell you. ” My eyes went to his. “You are a thief, a cheat, a murderer, and a not-nice man,” I said calmly. “I don’t like you. ” He shrugged, the motion making him look utterly harmless. “I’m not a thief,” he said. “And I don’t mind manipulating you into working for me when I need it. ” He smiled, showing me perfect teeth. “I enjoy it, actually.
Indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity.
Punctuality is the thief of adventure.
[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures of a day--to you, thief of fire, I speak.
Procrastinatio n is still the thief of time.
He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.
A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.
When your money is taken by a thief, you get nothing in return. When your money is taken through taxes to support needless bureaucrats, precisely the same situation exists. We are lucky, indeed, if the needless bureaucrats are mere easy-going loafers. They are more likely today to be energetic reformers busily discouraging and disrupting production.
But my father, a thief in many ways, had robbed me of my concentration.
Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody's under the frightful necessity of becoming first a thief and then a corpse.
Hannah Tinti writes with uncommon grace and stunning insight. Her quirky tribe of outcasts will break into your dreams and steal your spirit. Surrender to them! Let your heart be broken! Only then will you know the tender thrill of their wild companionship. The Good Thief is pure delight. When you wake from this dream, you will wake bedazzled