Captivity Quotes

81 quotes by 69 authors

The guns on the walls that surround the prison accurately, though unwittingly, index the true character of the penitentiary in our day. — Eugene V. Debs
I can't mate in captivity. — Gloria Steinem
What people mistook for safety was in fact captivity. — Louise Penny
We can laugh from either joy or happiness, but we weep only from grief or joy...Without the pain of farewell, there is no joy in… — George Vaillant
Your superhuman power was to be able not to feel. Is it there inside everybody, this self that comes out while you are in captivity?… — Heather O'Neill
I think of death as a glad awakening from this troubled sleep which we call life; as an emancipation from a world, which, beautiful though… — Lyman Abbott
It seems increasingly dogs are attacking humans in response to their slavery... AND, wildlife in captivity are also attacking their enslavers AND the public... Their… — Adela Popescu
'Extinction' issue. Save the species for whom??? Humans' convenience, of course! Individuals of the species are snatched from their homes/family/habitat/held in captivity/forced to mate at… — Adela Popescu
I couldn't go anywhere unless there was a security guard with me. That spoiled my life. It was like being in captivity. Those days are… — Christine McVie
I am thankful for the kind treatment during my captivity and I ask God to accept me with mercy. — Hans Frank
Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity. — Tippi Hedren
I've had a love of animals from birth. I love getting to know other species. We should all be aware that there is not one… — Tippi Hedren
If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a… — Henry A. Kissinger
freedom is anathema to dreams nurtured in captivity. — Gary Shteyngart
It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition. — Elie Wiesel
We tend to seek captivity because we are used to seeing freedom as something that has neither frontiers nor responsibilities. — Paulo Coelho
Mr. Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He… — Evelyn Waugh
Tomorrow we go back to normal?" "Sure," Mab said. "It'll be like none of this happened. Except I'll still be pregnant, and you'll still be… — Jennifer Crusie
Sharks have a deadly form of claustrophobia. It's not so much fear of enclosed spaces as it is inability to exist in them. No one… — Neal Shusterman
You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live. â€¦ You are… — Daniel Quinn

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