#burglar

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

#back #bolt #burglar #by the time #chain

When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me. ↗

— Simon Cowell

#broke #burglar #caught #criminal #got

Things aren't right. If a burglar breaks into your home and you shoot him, he can sue you. For what, restraint of trade? ↗

— Bill Maher

#burglar #him #home #into #restraint

A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else. ↗

— Henry Porter

#anything #art #before #burglar #else

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#faults #financier #qualities

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#being #burglars #clutch #darkness #fear

We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. Like burglars who secretly wish to be caught, we leave our fingerprints on broken locks, our voiceprints in bugged rooms, our footprints in the wet concrete. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

#bugged #burglars #caught #clues #concrete

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#compared #criminal #dangerous #entirely #essentially