This the first time I ever heard it said that the crime is not the burglary, but the discovery of the burglar.
Quotes about burglar (16 Quotes)
The number one entry point is the front door because the burglar simply walks up to the door and see if it's unlocked, and in a lot of cases it is. It's like inviting a crook into your home.
A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.
Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.
When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me.
The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
One of the sheriff's deputies was riding around in this area. He pulled up and saw the burglar jump the fence. I walked out of my house this morning to get the paper and check the mail and never saw or heard a thing. My son's house was trashed. The man even stole a beer out of his refrigerator.
If a burglar drops a cigarette or takes a swig of beer at the crime scene, the investigator can submit the cigarette or bottle and just swab it. The prior technology couldn't handle a low level of DNA evidence like that.
If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.
That's one lock he won't be able to pick for ten years. (referring to a lock-picking house burglar who received ten to 20 years in prison, as reported in Reader's Digest, February 1996.)
Go face the fire at sea, or the cholera in your friend's house, or the burglar in your own, or what danger lies in the way of duty, knowing you are guarded by the cherubim of Destiny. If you believe in Fate to your harm, believe it, at least, for your good.
Obviously, he was specific in looking for electronics, and this church has them. It's unusual for a burglar to return to the same place. We are fortunate that this church has such great surveillance.
In relation to God, we are like a thief who has burgled the house of a kindly householder and been allowed to keep some of the gold. From the point of view of the lawful owner this gold is a gift Form the point of view of the burglar it is a theft. He must go and give it back. It is the same with our existence. We have stolen a little of God's being to make it ours. God has made us a gift of it. But we have stolen it. We must return it.
This wasn't a well-thought out plan. Mr. Earle lost his job. This was not about drugs or alcohol. He recognizes he did wrong. He took some money that didn't belong to him. He is not a high-level residential burglar.
Things aren't right. If a burglar breaks into your home and you shoot him, he can sue you. For what, restraint of trade?