“You’re scaring the dog,” Trish pointed out. She rarely called me by name. They do that in prisoner of war camps, I’ve… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no… — Daniil Kharms Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a council flat in Islington with only an outside lavatory. And there were plenty of kids I… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
In the history of thought and culture the dark nights have perhaps in some ways cost mankind less grief than the false… — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
How come we never use prison, the failure of prison, as a reason not to give more prison? There's never a moment… — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
I thought a time would come when people would rout me out of Ars with sticks, when the Bishop would suspend me,… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
The courage of the Syrian protesters is remarkable, for they face prison, torture, or death every time they lift a banner. — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
I used to interact with the fellow prisoners during recreation activity; I used to conduct an interactive session that we named 'Rajpal… — Rajpal Yadav Copy Share Image
We've been addicted to incarceration as a primary response for decades, whether or not it's a good use of resources, whether or… — Chesa Boudin Copy Share Image
“How are your accommodations?” Dalinar asked. “Sir? I’m in storming prison.” A smile cracked Dalinar’s face. “So I see. Calm yourself, soldier.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“My headboard has bars, like a jail cell. Sometimes I’ll be asleep and think I’m in prison, and I’ll hear my alarm… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The Bureau of Justice reports that one in three black male babies born this century will go to jail or prison -… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“There are prisons made of iron. There are prisons made of velvet. Lucian’s house had no bars, only warmth, taste, money, and… — Valon G Copy Share Image
There was zero time for reflection. We had to feed the prisoners three meals a day, deal with the prisoner breakdowns, deal… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, as human beings, we're very, very alike and a lot more alike than we think, but we have a tendency to… — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Copy Share Image
It behooves us always to bear in mind, that while actions are always to be judged by the immutable standard of right… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
There are two phone calls parents don't ever want to get from their children. No. 1 is, 'I'm in prison. Come fetch… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
..When I first heard Elvis' voice, I knew that I wasn't going to work for anybody ... hearing him for the first… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
The past does not have to be your prison. You have a voice in your destiny. You have a say in your… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
God sees us in secret, therefore, let, us seek his face in secret. Though heaven be God's palace, yet it is not… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
I helped write the expunction code in the State of Texas to give people the opportunity to have their names cleared when… — Marc Veasey Copy Share Image
Our prison in Georgia is a very different place from this prison here in Berlin. The conditions there are inhuman. — Irakli Okruashvili Copy Share Image
“Here she comes, running, out of prison and off the pedestal: chains off, crown off, halo off, just a live woman.” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain. — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
I had an empathy for prisoners and did concerts for them back when I thought that it would make a difference -… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
If you ran a company with a failure rate of 68 percent, how long do you think you would stay in business?… — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
You all must realize that Mandela was not the only man who suffered. There were many others - hundreds who languished in… — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Copy Share Image
When I was released from prison 15 years ago, I was given a $25 check and a bus ticket and told to… — Angela Stanton-King Copy Share Image
“No sun cream or condoms, just in case you’re looking at the lady-boys. There’s plenty of AIDS lingering about and every STD… — Simon Palmer Copy Share Image
There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
American Taliban John Walker Lindh has pleaded guilty to two counts of terrorism and will face twenty years in prison. I guess… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Who cut him?' Sam liked saying things like 'Who cut him?' It reminded him of being a kid and watching prison movies,… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
I was sentenced to life plus 30 years by an all-White jury. What I saw in prison was wall-to-wall Black flesh in… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I didn't really know what to expect from detention but when I waked into the room, the first thought I had was,… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
“It is quite a revelation to discover that the place you wanted to escape to is the exact same place you escaped… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
The fastest growing occupation in the private sector is security guards. The fastest growing occupation in the public sector is prison guards. (1992) — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I told him it was law logic-an artificial system of reasoning, exclusively used in courts of justice, but good for nothing anywhere… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
AQAL is a map of samsara, a map of the prison, but if you gonna make a prison brake,you need a good… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
