Just Minutes Quotes by Nick Yarris

It is really difficult to read a movie script about yourself and to think that a major actor - perhaps even Chris Pine -…

— Nick Yarris

In death row every rule in society is flipped.

— Nick Yarris

I genuinely believe that being on death row for 22 years ultimately saved my life. It was the greatest adventure of my life, and…

— Nick Yarris

My sentence formally was imposed on my mothers 50th Birthday January 24th 1983. The jury recommended it July 1st 1982.

— Nick Yarris

The whole purpose of my education ultimately was so I could deliver a statement eloquently before my execution.

— Nick Yarris

Here's the crazy thing: if I was guilty I would be entitled to job training, housing, medical treatment. But I have nothing. I was…

— Nick Yarris

Everyone seems to be rushing through their lives, wishing they had just two minutes to do all the things they want to get gone.

— Nick Yarris

Death row saved my life. It taught me everything is a luxury to be treasured.

— Nick Yarris

I believe life imprisonment is far worse than the death penalty.

— Nick Yarris

They put me in solitary confinement, and although I went on to do 8,755 days of solitary in total, the first two were the…

— Nick Yarris

I used music and reading to erase my world, so basically I read for up to 16 hours a day for 23 years.

— Nick Yarris

The hardest thing to do when people are hurting you is to remain a decent person.

— Nick Yarris

I was 20 when I was sentenced to death. My life had been on a one-way path to self-destruction for years. I don't remember…

— Nick Yarris

I had an enormous responsibility not just to survive but to become a good man because I had all of my family's hopes on…

— Nick Yarris

I used to dream about being able to sit at a table with another human being, have a normal conversation, and have a meal…

— Nick Yarris