40+ Best Thief Quotes: Exclusive Selection

Profoundly inspirational thief quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.

Famous Thief Quotes

If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter. The Book Thief

The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law. Thorstein Veblen

I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there. The Book Thief

Even the best thief in the world can’t steal time. Ally Carter

Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out. The Book Thief

Good artists copy, great artists steal. Pablo Picasso

Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction. The Book Thief

Steal a little and they’ll put you in jail, steal a lot and they’ll make you king. Bob Dylan

Goodbye, Papa, you saved me. You taught me to read. No one can play like you. I’ll never drink champagne. No one can play like you. The Book Thief

The petty thief is imprisoned but the big thief becomes a feudal lord.

Can a person steal happiness? Or is it just another internal, infernal human trick? The Book Thief

If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little Mobutu Sese Seko

Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes. The Book Thief

A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear. Khalil Gibran

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A thief believes everybody steals. Edgar Watson Howe

I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. The Book Thief

Thief is not the one who steals, but the one that is caught. George Bernard Shaw

She was the book thief without words. The Book Thief

You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn’t be any of this. The Book Thief

A thief is one who insists on sharing his victimhood. Criss Jami

As always, one of her books was next to her. The Book Thief

One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion. Tim Ferriss

The words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain.The Book Thief

Slavery is theft, theft of a life, theft of work, theft of any property or produce, theft even of the children a slave might have borne Kevin Bales

She was saying goodbye and she didn’t even know it. The Book Thief

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

One was a book thief, the other stole the sky. The Book Thief

You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the grace of the eternal God, I will rout you out. Andrew Jackson

You can’t eat books, sweetheart. The Book Thief

Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.

When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something, but everything. The Book Thief

I’m going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: ‘Lord, remember me. Billy Graham

You cannot be afraid. Read the book. Smile at it. It’s a great book the greatest book you’ve ever read. The Book Thief

Regret and fear are twin thieves that rob us of today. Bob Hastings

It’s a small story really, about, among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. The Book Thief

If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity. Brigham Young