A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else. O. Henry Porter
A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by O. Henry Porter
Year: 2008
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. Plato
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Plato
It is because they took the easy way out that rivers, and people, go crooked. Jill Peterson
It is because they took the easy way out that rivers, and people, go crooked.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Jill Peterson
We may live without friends; we may live without books. But civilized men cannot live without cooks. Owen Meredith
We may live without friends; we may live without books. But civilized men cannot live without cooks.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Owen Meredith
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor. H. L. Mencken
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by H. L. Mencken
Not failure, but low aim, is crime. James Russell Lowell
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by James Russell Lowell
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father. Jean De La Bruyere
If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Jean De La Bruyere
Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear. Karl Kraus
Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Karl Kraus
He threatens many that hath injured one. Ben Jonson
He threatens many that hath injured one.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Ben Jonson
After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor. John Huston
After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by John Huston
Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up. Edgar Watson Howe
Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Edgar Watson Howe
We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others. Horace
We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Horace
Crime generally punishes itself. Oliver Goldsmith
Crime generally punishes itself.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Oliver Goldsmith
Crime is naught but misdirected energy. Emma Goldman
Crime is naught but misdirected energy.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Emma Goldman
There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. Jean Genet
Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Jean Genet
Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards. George Farquhar
Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by George Farquhar
Crime expands according to our willingness to put up with it. Barry J. Farber
Crime expands according to our willingness to put up with it.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Barry J. Farber
Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Successful crimes alone are justified. John Dryden
Successful crimes alone are justified.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by John Dryden
Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society. E. L. Doctorow
Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by E. L. Doctorow
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged. Democritus
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Democritus
One crime is everything, two is nothing. Madame Dorothe Deluzy
One crime is everything, two is nothing.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Madame Dorothe Deluzy
My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they’re going to stay that way. Al Capone
My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they’re going to stay that way.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Al Capone
The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event. Daniel J. Boorstin
The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Daniel J. Boorstin
The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague. Napoleon Bonaparte
The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Napoleon Bonaparte
Abscond. To move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another. Ambrose Bierce
Abscond. To move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Ambrose Bierce
Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal. Aristotle
Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.Crime and CriminalsQuotations by Aristotle
Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones. Oscar Wilde
Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.Cries and CryingQuotations by Oscar Wilde
Crises bring out the best in the best of us, and the worst in the worst of us. Source Unknown
Crises bring out the best in the best of us, and the worst in the worst of us.Cries and CryingQuotations by Source Unknown
One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants. Marquis De Sade
One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants.Cries and CryingQuotations by Marquis De Sade
Only to have a grief equal to all these tears! Adrienne Rich
Only to have a grief equal to all these tears!Cries and CryingQuotations by Adrienne Rich
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em. Thomas Otway
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em.Cries and CryingQuotations by Thomas Otway
It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury. Thomas Moore
It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.Cries and CryingQuotations by Thomas Moore
He does not weep who does not see. Victor Hugo
He does not weep who does not see.Cries and CryingQuotations by Victor Hugo
Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose. Heinrich Heine
Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose.Cries and CryingQuotations by Heinrich Heine
I cry every chance I get. Richard Gere
I cry every chance I get.Cries and CryingQuotations by Richard Gere
I wept not, so to stone within I grew. Dante Alighieri
I wept not, so to stone within I grew.Cries and CryingQuotations by Dante Alighieri
The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. Lord Byron
The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.Cries and CryingQuotations by Lord Byron