Prison Quotes · Page 32

The world's 'freeest' country has the highest number in prison.

— Arundhati Roy

I told the government I'd volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose,

— Edward Snowden

Not to sound cynical, but all you ever learn in prison is how to be a better criminal.

— Ras Kass

Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself.

— Tony Benn

Crimes lead into one another. They who are capable of being forgers, are capable of being incendiaries.

— Edmund Burke

The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life.

— Adam Gopnik

During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.

— Michael Vick

Remember that the Unification Church rose, not in freedom, but from a prison, the pit of suffering.

— Sun Myung Moon

“Rather a thousand times the county jail than to lie under this marble figure with wings and this granite pedestal bearing the…

— Edgar Lee Masters

“The prisoner of doubt ends his stint [through suicide], released to the custody of that final question mark which punctuates every life…

— Dan Garfat-Pratt

Jail is a good experience but it has its drawbacks ... all the disadvantages of married life with none of its compensations.

— Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

At six o'clock we cleaned our cells, At seven all was still, But the sough and swing of a mighty wing The…

— Oscar Wilde

I got over 20 people out of prison, some with life sentences and others based on getting their sentences reduced.

— Isaac Wright Jr

I know from my own education that if I hadn't encountered two or three individuals that spent extra time with me, I'm…

— Steve Jobs

“The wide corridor up the centre of E Block was floored with linoleum the colour of tired old limes, and so what…

— Stephen King

Backstage at the Apollo isn't a fun place to be. It's a bit like a prison: small rooms filled with warm Diet…

— Sara Pascoe

These memories sustained him, but not so easily. Too often they reminded him of where he was when he last summoned them.…

— Ian Mcewan

“He pulled her toward him and gathered her in his arms as his hand lovingly cradled the back of her neck. She…

— Jennifer Lane

I've always explored various areas of society. And I love the young people. And I had an empathy for prisoners and did…

— Johnny Cash

Being a lawyer, first of all, think creatively. Think, "How can we deal with this particular case in a way we haven't…

— Lynne Stewart

We suddenly feel fearful and apprehensive, naked in our perishable flesh, and for just a moment we wish we could go back…

— Ekaterina Sedia

I have received no assurance that anything we can do will eradicate suffering. I think the best results are obtained by people…

— Anonymous

Man's own form in space - his body - was a private prison; and that it was because of this imprisoning misery…

— Willem de Kooning

“Our prison population, in fact, is now the biggest in the history of human civilization. There are more people in the United…

— Matt Taibbi

Instead of schools being a pipeline to opportunity, schools are feeding our prisons.

— Henry Giroux

“The greatest prison anyone can escape from is ignorance.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Increasingly, poor minority and white youth are being funneled directly from schools into prison.

— Henry Giroux

“Aren't we all in varying degrees, captives in our own personal prisons, bound by our limiting habits?”

— Ruthy Alon

You can't be sent away to prison for life and feel OK about it.

— Damian Lewis

Prison was a learning experience. I learned to be patient.

— Mark Morrison

The lowest point for me was ending up in prison after a violent event. I realised I was way out of my…

— Ant Middleton

“Power isn't the big cars and bent slaves Power is your people in the streets as they drag you to prison.”

— Sapphire Belucci

The only dead bodies from marijuana are in the prisons and at the hands of the police. This is ridiculous.

— Jack Herer

In California, thieves have three choices: They can go to prison, Sacramento, or Washington D.C.

— Burt Prelutsky

The United States has more women and girls in prison than any other industrialized nation on earth.

— Patricia Arquette

I've been in jail before. None of that stuff changed until I was ready to change. That was it. I don't hide…

— Anthony Smith

The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large.

— Ryan Ross

We can't keep weapons out of prisons; we can't possibly expect to keep them out of airports.

— Bruce Schneier

“Handcuffs weigh much more than gravestones. (from "Gratitude")”

— Visar Zhiti

Nobody is free… Everyone has a prison. Wife, parents, children, they all make prisons.

— Ted Simon