Honor Among Thieves Quotes

• "You, who are on the road, must have a code that you can live by-"* You'll find universal agreement on the value of a behavior code, on the need for some sort of ethical system. Even the crooks count on "honor among thieves," and countries actually wage war according to certain rules. On the job and in the rest of our day-to-day living, we each need a "code for the road."

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  Price Pritchett

  Country   Jobs   War  

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• Too many cooks spoil the broth

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  Jane Austen

  Food   Haste Makes Waste   Chinese  

  Jane Austen (2013). “The Jane Austen Library: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, Watsons, Sanditon”, p.2567, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

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  Confucius

  Karma   Revenge   Philosophy  

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• There's more than one way to be a girl

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  Lauren Faust

  Girl   Censorship In Books   Censoring Books  

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• Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

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  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational   Education   Knowledge  

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press

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• In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves.

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  Abel Ferrara

  Honor   Thieves   Film  

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. November 27, 2002.

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• There is more than one way to burn a book.

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  Ray Bradbury

  Book   Way   Censorship  

  Ray Bradbury (2012). “Fahrenheit 451: A Novel”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

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• The fact which the politician faces is merely that there is less honor among thieves than was supposed, and not the fact that theyare thieves.

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  Henry David Thoreau

  Honor   Thieves   Faces  

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.303, Simon and Schuster

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• The trouble with writing a book about yourself is that you can’t fool around. If you write about someone else, you can stretch the truth from here to Finland. If you write about yourself the slightest deviation makes you realize instantly that there may be honor among thieves, but you are just a dirty liar.

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  Groucho Marx

  Funny   Witty   Liars  

  Groucho Marx (2009). “Groucho And Me”, p.28, Da Capo Press

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• There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.

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  Peter O'Toole

  Honor   Arabia   Thieves  

  "Fictional character: T.E. Lawrence". "Lawrence of Arabia", www.imdb.com. 1962.

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• We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

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  Aesop

  Witty   Government   Political Will  

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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