Julian Baggini Quotes

Although I was aware they were illegal. We had become somewhat inured to using some activities that would help us in accomplishing what we thought was a legitimate cause

If I had a brother who had been murdered, what would you think of me if I...daily consorted with the assassin who drove the dagger into my brother's heart; surely I too must be an accomplice in the crime. Sin murdered Christ; will you be a friend to it? Sin pierced the heart of the Incarnate God; can you love it?

They committed murder, it is true; but their situation may have rendered it inevitable.

Stealing, you'll go far in life. Actually, there is something funny about getting away with it.

It is needless to say that women make the most patient as well as the most dangerous pickpockets.

I did steal socks, but I got caught... don't shoplift, anyone - don't do it! You're just gonna get caught.

Even a burglar hesitates to go back for more.

We have secrets, and we have the same secrets that criminals have. Sometimes the only difference between a criminal and a law-abiding citizen is that somebody found out the criminal's secret.

I don't think a lot of people realized that piracy is out there, and it's not a Disney-esque or Johnny Depp-esque type of thing.

We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.

The truth was that she had managed to betray everyone by doing nothing. No one in history had ever done less and yet been so wrong. Not cheating on a non-boyfriend with the non-boyfriend of a friend. The pressure of thinking that one through made her swollen body ache.

Holding back is so close to stealing.

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

I'm as wicked as Hitler's first born, cause of me, lot of old ladies purses gone.

I also felt guilty about the three pens I'd stolen, but only for a second. And since there was no convenient way to give them back, I stole a bottle of ink before I left.

Wait. Far be it for me to say this" — Hamish looked around the compartment — "and if anyone tells Uncle Eddie I suggested being an upstanding citizen I'll kill 'em, but aren't there...laws and stuff? I mean, can't you...you know...sue him or something?" asked the boy who had once stolen an entire circus, all three rings.

When the enterprising burglar isn't burgling; When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime; He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling; And listen to the merry village chime.

If stealing a few saltshakers was wrong I didn't want to be right.

The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

Of course we're Criminals

I was really in to shiny things when I was younger and I stole a shiny tag for my dog. I didn't get caught. I hope I don't go to jail for that.

Many a man would have turned rogue if he knew how.

The only kind of trouble I've ever been in is when I was stealing eggs when I was little. I think I know right from wrong.

When I look back on it, I think, "Why didn't you stop the cruelty earlier?" To stand back was contrary to my upbringing and nature. When I stood back as a noninterfering experimental scientist, I was, in a sense, as drawn into the power of the situation as any prisoners and guards.

I don't think I've ever stolen anything.