#steal

The food we were given was no more than eatable, but the patron was not mean about drink; he allowed us two litres of wine a day each, knowing that if a plongeur is not given two litres he will steal three. ↗

— George Orwell

#poverty #stealing #food

You stole a boat,” she snapped. “What am I doing with you, you boat-stealing lunatic? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humour #lost

Time, still as he flies, adds increase to her truth, and gives to her mind what he steals from her youth. ↗

— Edward Moore

#flies #gives #her #increase #mind

You can always make a film somehow. You can beg, borrow, steal the equipment, use credit cards, use your friends' goodwill, wheedle your way into this or that situation. The real problem is, how do you get people to see it once it is made? ↗

— Walter Murch

#beg #borrow #cards #credit #credit cards

The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence. ↗

— Bill Nelson

#defeat #having #intelligence #only #stealth

Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while. ↗

— Aaron Neville

#cars #had #me #partners #stealing

Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are provided to keep all men from a necessity either to beg, or steal, or be Souldiers. ↗

— William Petty

#beg #causes #certain #civil #civil war

They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#desert #engaged #horses #night #our

You want stealth? Be a rogue in 'World of Warcraft'. ↗

— John Romero

#stealth #want #world #you

But I’ve kept first of March as my birthday as I like to tease Zed about dating an older woman. And my parents wouldn’t understand if I told them about the soulfinder bond and tried to change it.” “They don’t know?” “Well, I think they’ve picked up that there’s something special between Zed and me but I’m not sure how I’d even start to explain to non-savants. I was exactly overjoyed when Zed filled me in about it all the first time.” “What did you do?” “Thumped him with a shopping bag and told him he was a jerk.” “Ouch. ↗

— Joss Stirling

#phee #phoenix #sky #stealing-phoenix #zed