The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. Elias Canetti
We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. Like burglars who secretly wish to be caught, we leave our fingerprints on broken locks, our voiceprints in bugged rooms, our footprints in the wet concrete. Ross Macdonald
When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it's all too clear the horror of what went on. Bob Woodward
We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture. Robin Williams
Burglars know there's more than one way to skin a vault. James Chiles
Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night. Miles Kington