38 Movie Quotes about Crooks (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Feb 11, 2026

Memorable quotes about crooks, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

21 We have a saying here. A thief who steals from a thief is pardoned for 100 years.

Eli Wallach as Calvera in The Magnificent Seven (1960)

22 Oh, sure, Joker, anything you say. You're just the best boss any crook ever had.

Adam West as Batman in Batman (1966)

23 Back! Everybody, back at the bar. -We gotta have room to throw our Bat-arangs when the crooks come in for the loot.

Adam West as Batman; Burt Ward as Robin in Batman (1966)

24 No wallet? -Well, I knew I'd be seeing you. I thought I'd best leave it home.

Clint Eastwood as Jonathan Hemlock in The Eiger Sanction

25 Well, this city is run by a bunch of crooks. They force people into a life of misery and debt and shame.

Quote from Kung Fu Girl Fighter (1972)

26 Can I trust him? -Would a crook have a name like Honest Harry?

Ken Berry as Frank Wilson in The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

27 Daddy, you're a crook. -What? -This is illegal.

Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

28 That was you, wasn't it? Or was it a villain who's actually successful?

Steve Carell as Gru in Despicable Me

29 I'm not a crook. I'm ambitious. There's a difference.

Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks! (1996)

30 Learn how to open these things so you don't have to take 'em.

Joe Pesci as Nicholas "Nicky" Santoro in Casino (1995)