Jail Quotes · Page 4

There are good reasons for being in jail - for protesting.

— Tracy Chapman

In a society of criminals, the innocent man goes to jail.

— Philip K. Dick

Send me to jail in 48 hours if I am corrupt.

— Arvind Kejriwal

“captivity is still captivity no matter how pretty the jail is.”

— Colleen Houck

“George Bailey: Isn't it wonderful? I'm going to jail!”

— It's a Wonderful Life

The presumption of innocence only means you don't go right to jail.

— Ann Coulter

I never want to go to jail. Never, ever.

— Demaryius Thomas

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

— Will Rogers

If you look at it that way, then you start thinking about the basic things, which are jobs not jails, and education…

— Oren Moverman

The second time I went to jail, I was like, 'okay, this is not the move.'

— The Notorious B.I.G

I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.

— Quentin Tarantino

All these rappers on stage and Martha Stewart has done the most jail time.

— Natasha Leggero

My years in jail were a bit like a workshop for my - that actually forged my way of thinking and my…

— Jose Mujica

Let us be on the side of those who sit in jails and are sentenced to death for their faith. Let us…

— Richard Wurmbrand

I don't think we should be putting first-time drug offenders in jail for five years. It's a waste of resources.

— Charles Schumer

Steal a little, and they put you in jail. Steal a lot, and they make you king.

— Bob Dylan

My dad was a doctor who worked at a jail. He was more like a jail administrator. My mom was a public…

— Dan Amboyer

Against these two [Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton] I would [vote], but I never voted for [Barack Obama]. I always voted third…

— Bill Burr

As entertainers, you're afraid [about] loss of income - but if other people start going to jail for free speech, then we've…

— Killer Mike

Jail didn't make me find God, He's always been there. They can lock me up, but my spirit and my love can…

— Lil Wayne

Do not sleep under a roof. Carry no money or food. Go alone to places frightening to the common brand of men.…

— Miyamoto Musashi

Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I…

— Mike Epps

No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it…

— Nelson Mandela

When [Ralph Waldo] Emerson visited Thoreau in jail and asked, 'What are you doing in there?' it was reported that Thoreau replied,…

— Howard Zinn

Investing intelligently in those of us who are marginalised means fewer people in jail, fewer homeless, fewer unemployed, fewer of us who…

— Simon McKeon

Most people you'd tell "I'm gonna be a musician," they'd say, "you're crazy, you're gonna starve, you're gonna be poor, a drug…

— Billy Joel

As I've seen over and over again during my career, the best way to deter individual conduct is the threat of going…

— Sally Yates

You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. ... Government contains impure ingredients - as anybody who's looked…

— P. J. O'Rourke

We live in a very low state of the world, and pay unwilling tribute to government founded on force. There is not,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“With his release imminent, Knight seems more unsettled than ever. He scratches furiously at his knees. Jail, he's realized, might not be…

— Michael Finkel

If the Government is going to intrude upon the sacred ground of the First Amendment and tell its citizens that their exercise…

— Ronald L. Buckwalter

How about Proust's In Search of Lost Time?" Tamaru asked. "If you've never read it this would be a good opportunity to…

— Haruki Murakami

Jail is much easier on people who have nothing.

— Bernhard Goetz

Even going to jail would be easy compared to losing you.

— Gayle Forman

I've said many of my friends are in jail; some already died.

— Richarlison

If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.

— Ed Koch

I know a lot of people who've gone to jail.

— Diana Taurasi

It's [Jail's] like being at school. Except you can't leave.

— Boy George

My mom had put her house up to bail me out of jail!

— Molly Bloom

The law is what I can get away with and stay out of jail.

— Joe Gores