Thieves

Famous quotes containing the word thieves:

    The fact which the politician faces is merely that there is less honor among thieves than was supposed, and not the fact that they are thieves.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven...
    Bible: New Testament, Matthew 6:19,20.

    Jesus.

    United Fruit... United Thieves Company... it’s a monopoly ... if you won’t take their prices they let your limes rot on the wharf; it’s a monopoly. You boys are working for a bunch of thieves, but I know it ain’t your fault.
    John Dos Passos (1896–1970)