Prison Quotes · Page 74

Let all of us who shared the prison soup meet again in better times!

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

We must not allow this generation to produce record numbers for the juvenile justice, runaway and homeless youth, or foster care systems.

— Ruben Hinojosa

I've got one younger brother who can do prison like his breakfast, but I'm not built for it.

— Tricky

Prison is not a place for humans. Period. It's just an animal house.

— Lil Boosie

Prison officials have been more concerned about sparing the sensitivities of executioners and witnesses than protecting the condemned prisoner from pain. They…

— Jamie Fellner

Imagination is strong in a man when that particular function of the brain which enables him to observe is roused to activity…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The religious philosophy that they had adopted, in my opinion, was the only thing and is the only thing that can remove…

— Malcolm X

Of course nothing is ever done about a [presidential] commission report, except, they say, once a man at the state prison for…

— Will Rogers

We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self.

— Cyril Connolly

How much has spending most of the offseason in prison affected Jamal Lewis' poor start?.

— Cris Collinsworth

Nelson Mandela set his course a long time ago, and in word and deed, years of determination, sacrifice, and faith--he set a…

— Philip Bailey

I knew early on that I was going to prison for the rest of my life and that there was nothing that…

— Isaac Wright Jr

Many an honest man practices upon himself an amount of deceit sufficient, if practised upon another, and in a little different way,…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

We send young white boys to the Army. We're sending young black boys to the prisons.

— Talib Kweli

When people are not in a prison cell they believe they are free and happy. That's not true. Because in Istanbul, the…

— Burhan Sonmez

Cast your whole vote, not a piece of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless when it conforms to…

— Henry David Thoreau

Our system never treated the failure of prison as a reason not to try more prison.

— James Forman, Jr

I've always been tremendously interested in criminal law. It goes to a deep interest I have in prisons and the criminal element,…

— Elizabeth Strout

If everyone charged with crimes suddenly exercised his constitutional rights, there would not be enough judges, lawyers, or prison cells to deal…

— Michelle Alexander

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing

— Voltaire

Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms…

— Mumia Abu-Jamal

I am at a crossroads; I have always been against armed opposition... I have chosen civil disobedience. But I will apologize to…

— Osman Baydemir

'Prison Notebooks' gives me a basic understanding of how power can influence people through cultural products and intellectual groups, so they will…

— Okky Madasari

Some prisons don't require bars to keep people locked inside. All it takes is their perception that they belong there.

— Lysa TerKeurst

“Making Disciples through the Transforming Power of Jesus Christ in the Spirit of Excellence!”

— Hans Blunk