Burglary Prevention Quotes

In 1960, it was still - no nostalgia here - an age when you could leave your door unlocked even in urban neighborhoods.

You don't want anybody walking into your house and taking a Gatorade out of your refrigerator, you've got to get in there and protect it.

If there's an incursion I don't go out of the house.

Property crime is down 40 percent. We just don't want to see it creep back up. We've had 25 years of very good cooperation.

Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I'm praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.

Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies?

I like to deal with things I heard about, ... People are always getting their house broken into around the holidays. That's when the crime rate goes up.

The door was locked and Alexia, resourceful as she was, had not yet learned to pick locks. Though she mentally added it to her list of useful skills she needed to acquire along with hand-to-hand combat and the recipe for pesto. If her life were to continue on its present track which after 26 years of obscurity, now seemed to mainly involve people trying to kill her, it would appear that acquiring a less savory skill set might be necessary. Although she supposed pesto making ought to be termed 'more savory'.

A man can be prevented from breaking into other persons' houses by shutting him up, but shutting him up may not alter his disposition to commit burglary.

What advice would I give the average homeowner to protect himself against burglars? Well, the first thing is to keep a light on in the house when you go out. It must be at least a sixty-watt bulb; anything less and the burglar will ransack the house, out of contempt for the wattage.

Don't throw a baby at anything - even a burglar.

I do not hope somebody breaks in. However, if they did, I pity them. I pity the fool that breaks into my house.

July is high burglary season because so many people leave town. To help avoid making that obvious, suspend your newspaper subscription and have your mail held. Another clear indication is if all your lights are off for an extended period. To fix that, you can buy a timer for about $30.

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

You have a right to have a feather duster. If anyone breaks in, you can make sure they're really clean as they're robbing your house.

Everybody's talking about people breaking into houses but there are more people in the world who want to break out of houses.

You may not like my burglar, but please don't damage him.

Thanks to you, Gabs, we just figured out a half dozen ways not to rob the Henley.

It's well known that the greatest defence against an intruder is the sound of a gun hammer being pulled back.