{"quotes":[{"text":"Some people just needed to be stolen from.","author":"Eoin Colfer","tags":["artemis-fowl","conscience","eoin-colfer","stealing","thief"],"id":1910,"author_id":"Eoin+Colfer"},{"text":"Nobody steals books but your friends.","author":"Roger Zelazny","tags":["books","friendship","inspirational","irony","stealing"],"id":14610,"author_id":"Roger+Zelazny"},{"text":"Greatness is not a gift that one can give to another, but rather is a thief's relic that we must take for ourselves.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["act","action","confidence","confident","determination","gift","giving","greatness","relic","steal","stealing","take","thief"],"id":18271,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"A complex is stealing energy from our personality.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["calling","complex","energy","goal","life","mission","personality","purpose","stealing"],"id":32428,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"Yes, but none of them can steal my ship.None of them are smart enough to know that it was the right thing to do at the time.","author":"Howard Tayler","tags":["humour","sci-fi","stealing","warship"],"id":34095,"author_id":"Howard+Tayler"},{"text":"Steal not this book for fear of shameFor on it is the owners nameAnd when you die the Lord will sayWhere is the book you stole awayAnd when you say you do not knowThe Lord will say go down below.","author":"L.M. Montgomery","tags":["book","humor","poem","punishment","stealing"],"id":45954,"author_id":"L.M.+Montgomery"},{"text":"You believe stealing is wrong, but if your family was starving and could not afford bread, wouldn't you say it’s okay to steal a loaf to feed them?","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["acceptability","bread","ethics","food","morality","morals","stealing","wrong"],"id":70715,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"Only a foolish child would go swimming in the river that swallowed his father.","author":"Bamigboye Olurotimi","tags":["adult","adultery","change","child","disagreement","father","foolishness","pride","revenge","stealing","swallow"],"id":74555,"author_id":"Bamigboye+Olurotimi"},{"text":"What is stealing?When is it excusable? When is it a crime?' Thomas looked uncomfortable as he read. Christian perked up. Belle saw Christian listening with interest and looked down at her shoes. 'An action becomes stealing when one of two conditions are met. First, when there is harm to the victim. Second, when the act is done for personal gain.' Thomas looked up and smiled. He seemed happy with where the speech was going, and Belle breathed a sigh of relief. Christian's face had gone white. He stood frozen in his spot. Belle smiled as if to say that things were different with him. That stealing was different in their world. She was torn between excitement for Thomas and embarasment for Christian. 'If both these criteria are met, there is no question where society stands. When of two criteria is in question, society begins to debate. For example, is it wrong when someone takes something that has been thrown away? Perhaps not, since there is no detriment to the victim. Is it wrong when someone takes a loaf of bread to feed a starving baby or taxes the rich to help the poor? Perhaps not, since the motive is unselfish.' Victoria wasn't even looking at Thomas anymore. She was glaring at Belle. She looked like she was about to lunge at her. Belle signaled to her that perhaps she should take notes. But Victoria wasn't used to preparing rebuttals without advanced notice.'When neither of the criteria is met, however, I propose that there is no crime against ethics. Is it wrong to take a syringe from a drug addict? Of course not.","author":"Daniel Nayeri","tags":["debate","ethics","speech","stealing"],"id":84891,"author_id":"Daniel+Nayeri"},{"text":"What do you mean, my life is at risk?' I questioned. 'From one of the other professors?'Oh, it goes much deeper than that, Freddy,' he said with a half crazed, wide eyed smile. Leaning in, he whispered, 'I stole something.","author":"S.C. Barrus","tags":["adventure","stealing","steampunk","thriller"],"id":85687,"author_id":"S.C.+Barrus"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":61,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}