“So gradually, and then I had an Italian roadster that I built, it took me five years to build it, it was stolen from me and stripped. I said, well maybe we should have another where we shouldn't steal from each other.” ShouldYearsWellsSaidFiveBuiltShould HaveStealingFive YearsItalianStolen Author:Barry McGuire
“Once he saw the officials of a temple leading away some one who had stolen a bowl belonging to the treasurers, and said, "The great thieves are leading away the little thief."” LittlesSaidSawsOfficialsTemplesBelongingThievesBowlsStolenTreasurer Author:Diogenes
“Delsarte tells me that Mozart stole outrageously from Galuppi, in the same way, I suppose, that Molière stole from anybody anywhere, if he found something work taking. I said that what was Mozart had not been stolen from Galuppi, or from anyone else for that matter.” IfsWaySaidMatterFoundStolen Author:Eugene Delacroix
“Choosing beauty over content (or choosing beauty as content) is always an act of sedition. If we accept the cant of official culture, we must believe that the beauty we steal from any man-made thing is stolen from its more virtuous and metaphysical backstory, wherein "real" beauty is said to reside.” IfsMenBelieveMadeSaidRealCultureAcceptingStealingOfficialsVirtuousMetaphysicalStolenCantReal BeautyMan Made Things Author:Dave Hickey
“Humans said one thing with their bodies and another with their mouths and everyone had to spend time and energy figuring out what they really meant. And once you did understand them, the Humans got angry and acted as though you had stolen thoughts from their minds.” MindHumansSaidBodyEnergyOne ThingMouthsAngryEnd TimesStolenSpend TimeReally MeanTime And Energy Book:Lilith's Brood: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago Source: Lilith's Brood: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago
“Liverpool's grand opera also gave us some light comedy - on hearing the news that the house of goalkeeper Pepe Reina was burgled, and his Porsche stolen, while he was heroically saving penalties at Anfield, fans took a typically witty line: police were said to be interviewing a man from the West London area, a certain Frank Lampard, whose whereabouts on Tuesday between 7.45pm and 10.15pm are unknown. Indeed.” MenSaidLightCertainHouseLinesComedyFansFootballNewsAreasPoliceWestWittyHearingLondonSavingSoccerAnalysisOperaFrankPenaltiesStolenLiverpoolTuesdayGoalkeepersPorscheWhereaboutsAnfield Author:Declan Lynch