Arrest Quotes

173 quotes by 157 authors

Large action arrest small action. — Dai Vernon
The vision preached by my father a half-century ago was that his four little children would no longer live in a nation where they would… — Martin Luther King III
When I said that I was king of forwards, you've got to understand that I don't come up with this stuff. I just forward it… — Michael Scott
A smile couldn't be brought into court as evidence. You couldn't arrest a man because he had trembled. Brown eyes had stolen a peep at… — Vera Caspary
Drugs. If they did not exist our governors would have invented them in order to prohibit them and so make much of the population vulnerable… — Gore Vidal
The recent upsurge of public concern over environmental questions reflects a belated recognition that man has been too cavalier in his relations with nature. Unless… — Richard M. Nixon
Now it is one thing to say I say it that people shouldn't consume psychoactive drugs. It is entirely something else to condone marijuana laws,… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Art has to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction. — Saul Bellow
To me, that means getting back to the point where our Constitution means that you don't tap people's phones and poke into their e-mail and… — Carol Moseley Braun
Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves. When zealous agents of the Government arrest suspected "radicals"… — Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
It was an urge. . . . . A strong urge, and the longer I let it go the stronger it got, to where I… — Edmund Kemper
My resisting being mistreated on the bus did not begin with that particular arrestâ€¦I did a lot of walking in Montgomery. — Rosa Parks
Let anyone try, I will not say to arrest, but to notice or to attend to, the present moment of time. One of the most… — William James
I have had much experience with the unclean and uncivilized in the recent past. Shall I tell you what I discovered? I am not the… — G. Willow Wilson
Yeah, arrest that man on the crime of having 8 Chicken McNuggets stuck up his arse. — Dwayne Johnson
I've always been paranoid about the police, because even when I'm not doing anything illegal, I'm thinking about doing something illegal. So, whenever I'm around… — Marilyn Manson
Indeed, the best practical reason to think that social media can help bring political change is that both dissidents and governments think they can. All… — Clay Shirky
I was in handcuffs. I was under arrest. I remember there was this old lady looking at me, and I could tell she felt real… — Mike Tyson
And if a diversion is needed, why not arrest a general? Arthur Dillon is a friend of eminent deputies, a contender for the post of… — Hilary Mantel
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in… — Horace

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