Subject: Conflict » Crime (Page 2)

It’s better to be tried by twelve men than to be carried by six.

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

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

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.

Woman Charged With Stealing Underwear, Cheese

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.


(1799 – 1850) French novelist & playwright

Army recruiter: Have you ever been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor? That’s robbery, rape, car theft, that sort of thing.

Ziskey: Never convicted.

(1944 – 2014) American actor, director & writer

Shoplifting: Free enterprise.

Pickpocket: A man who believes that every crowd has a silver lining.

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% change of getting away with it.

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

I saved a girl from being attacked last night… I controlled myself.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

She changes prices. I caught her in a near misdemeanus.

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

A crowded police docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

Crime does not pay… as well as politics.

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

Thieves respect property; they merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

Looting: A public shopping spree generously sponsored by local merchants in the wake of a riot.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter

Two mothers-in-law.

(1832 – 1900) Irish statesman

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

The streets are safe in Philadelphia – it’s only the people who make them unsafe.

(1920 – 1991) American police officer & mayor of Philadelphia