America Quote by Bill Ayers

Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.

— Tommy Chong

I'd been arrested many times by then. I'd been an organizer, so many things had changed over those three years [from 1965 till 1968].

— Bill Ayers

The biggest change of my life was coming to America.

— Sonita Alizadeh

Growing up, I think I was arrested 20-odd times by the Boston police. The good news is that I've been able to use those…

— Mark Wahlberg

When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the…

— Flavor Flav

Becoming Miss America was one of those things. It immediately changed what I thought I was going to do with the rest of my…

— Gretchen Carlson

When I got to jail, it was a blessing in disguise because it made me reevaluate and check who I am as a person.

— Troy Deeney

I had to face imprisonment and house arrests, but it made me tougher.

— Asma Jahangir

I was arrested on suspicion of breach of Official Secrets Act in March 2003, but they didn't charge me until November. Now, the in-between…

— Katharine Gun

Jail just made me wiser. It made me smarter. It made me wake up to a lot of stuff. And also it made me…

— Boosie

It was tough sitting in jail listening to Jay Leno and Rush Limbaugh and everybody making jokes about me getting shot. And watching the…

— Tupac Shakur

I had now been in the United States of America something like five years, working here and there as the inclination seized me, which,…

— W. H. Davies