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Punctuality is the thief of time.

Oscar Wilde

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.

William Shakespeare

What a deformed thief this fashion is.

William Shakespeare

How stupid can a thief be to go out on a roof where everyone can see him committing the crime?

Vince Hall

It's the difference between a very stupid bank thief and a very skillful one. It doesn't mean the skillful one will not get caught.

Marvin Miller

Jenny kiss'd me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in! Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say that health and wealth have miss'd me, Say I'm growing old, but add, Jenny kiss'd m.

Leigh Hunt

If people mail their credit card payments from the mailbox at their house, the thief will steal the mail. Then the thief will have access to credit-card information, checking account information and their signature.

Fred Hubler

The thief only stole the expensive crabs. He had good taste.

Ming Pao

Don't take things. You are there to be an employee, not a thief.

Shari Shore

FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric orbit. When David said: 'All men are liars,' Dave, Himself a liar, fibbed like any thief. Perhaps he thought to weaken disbelief By proof that even himself was not a slave To Truth; though I suspect the aged knave Had been of all her servitors the ch.

Ambrose Bierce

Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

If I were a thief, your belongings would be gone by now. Students leave all kinds of things lying around that are difficult and costly to replace.

Linda Hunt

I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.

Joe Garagiola

I would like to apologize for referring to George W. Bush as a deserter. What I meant to say is that George W. Bush is a deserter, an election thief, a drunk driver, a WMD liar, and a functional illiterate. And he poops his pants.

Michael Moore

The storm came like a thief in the night, ... If you weren't ready, it was too late.

Gerald Williams

It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing.

Czech Proverb

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Edward Young

A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief.

Yusuf Islam

I've seen a few articles … that maybe the thief will get the reward because he returned the objects. When I saw that, I thought, that's not right. The whole story should be heard.

Thomas Hamilton

Police are confident they will catch this thief now that they have the photo.

Deborah Garcia

Personally, I don't think he is a serial killer but just a thief, an ordinary thief who has been attacking soft targets such as women. And I don't think he was operating alone, there may be others like him, but of course we are investigating that and we shall come to the bottom of it.

David Magara

WALL STREET, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven. Even the great and good Andrew Carnegie has made his profession of faith in the matter. Carnegie the dauntless has uttered his call To battle: 'The brokers are parasites all!' Carnegie, Carnegie, you'll n.

Ambrose Bierce

I didn't have high goals and high ambitions, and that I was going to become the world's greatest jewel thief. It got out of hand.

Doris Payne

KLEPTOMANIAC, n. A rich thief.

Ambrose Bierce

He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.

William Congreve

Within minutes of information being taken, it can be sent overseas. For a professional thief, it's easy to manufacture a fraudulent debit card. It's what they do for a living.

Tom Unger

ERUDITION, n. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. So wide his erudition's mighty span, He knew Creation's origin and plan And only came by accident to grief -- He thought, poor man, 'twas right to be a thief. Romach Pute.

Ambrose Bierce

This liar, this thief, this man who has stolen dreams that people have worked for a long hard time to achieve. He deserves the maximum possible sentence.

John Regan

Tomorrow is a thief of pleasure.

Rex Harrison

She is a thief. A thief is not an honest person.

Theresa Klein

Things can happen despite our best effort. If an identity thief wants your identity bad enough, he's going to get it.

Jane Feather

I'm glad he said he's sorry, but I think he's just sorry he got caught. It's despicable that he stole the only thing Kevin had left -- his name. Kevin never got to work. Kevin never got to drive a car. But this thief comes along and wants to steal his name so he can escape the law.

Ann Collins

Just because you're a thief, just because you're a liar, doesn't mean you're a murderer.

Steve Mottinger

A liar will steal and a thief will kill.

African American Proverb

A thief is a thief. Making a movie is a very risky and expensive enterprise, and artists deserve to be reimbursed fairly.

John Malcolm

I'll stay here for some time and continue my course. When there is no thief I can find in Shenzhen, I might leave and go to another city.

Yuan Guodong

If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a smart accountant can keep a thief from paying taxes, a smart reporter could ruin your reputation- unfairly.

Mario Cuomo

Eugene Aram, though a thief, a liar, and a murderer, / Yet, being intellectual, was amongst the noblest of mankind.

C. S. Calverley

A thief would be stupid to take anything. They can copy the numbers, open accounts and unless the person is monitoring their credit report, it could be months before they find out they are a victim.

Cort Jensen

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night.

Bible

A lover is a thief who gets away from stealing the most priceless jewel of all, the human heart.

Betsy Mathew

The theory is that a thief won't spend the time or the money to replace the window.

Mike Stewart

Thief River Falls is outstanding. In order to beat them, we're going to have to play the game of our lives.

Dennis Fermoyle

Procastination is the thief of time.

Joseph Heller