Subject: Conflict » Crime (Page 2)

Convict: The only person who likes to be stopped in the middle of a sentence.

Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.

(1890 – 1970) American engineer

When there’s a single thief, it's robbery; when there are a thousand thieves, it’s taxation.

I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.

(1926 – 2016) American baseball player, announcer & television host

I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn’t a professional, the knife had butter on it.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Here's how easy it was to get away with bank robbery back in the ‘30s – as long as you weren’t still there when the police arrived, you had a 99% chance of getting away with it.

(1982 – ) American comedian, actor, writer & producer

Abscond: To move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

The scariest guy in prison is the white guy… because he's guilty.

American comedian

Prisoner serving 2,000-year sentence could face more time

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.


(1799 – 1850) French novelist & playwright

What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?

(1898 – 1956) German poet, playwright & theater director

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad.

(1858 – 1919) 26th U.S. president

People say I have the legs of a dancer. But until they find the rest of the body, the cops have nothing on me, man!

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

It's a proven fact that capital punishment is a well-known detergent to crime.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Prison inmates are treated to cable TV, hot meals and a college education, while on the outside some people can only afford these things through a life of crime!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.

Kleptomaniac: A person who helps himself because he can't help himself.

(1915 – 1994) American actor

To avoid robbery, certainly rock the rocker room and keep the rocker key with you all the time. Also, we will not take any responsibility for the robbery.

If crime went down 100%, it would still be fifty times higher than it should be.

American politician

Capital Punishment: Killing people who kill people to prove that killing people is wrong.

Insider trading: Stealing too fast.

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist