Confinement Quotes

67 quotes by 63 authors

Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary confinement for life. — Robert A. Heinlein
If you spit in my face and smack me in the mouth and throw me into solitary confinement for nothing... what do you think's gonna… — Charles Manson
That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition,… — Thomas Jefferson
There is about as much educational benefit to be gained in studying dolphins in captivity as there would be studying mankind by only observing prisoners… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
A prisoner lived in solitary confinement for years. He saw and spoke to no one and his meals were served through an opening in the… — Anthony de Mello
From the moment we are born, the world tends to have a box already built for us to fit inside. Our umbilical cord never seems… — Paige Bradley
There is an aura of changelessness to sport. There is the flux of competition, but it occurs within the ordering confinement of clear rules. — George Will
If the Court were to extend its reach to the base, judges could begin managing conditions of confinement, interrogation methods, and the use of information. — John Yoo
Could we say that the short short is to other kinds of fiction somewhat as the lyric is to other kinds of poetry? The lyric… — Irving Howe
Misery, depression, elation all mine, refine confinement all my design. — Henry Rollins
Animal abuse is rampant in the U.S., right under everyone's eyes, for the entertainment of the public. The brutal confinement and pain of training methods… — Tippi Hedren
I breathed the air of deliverance through books, and through books I leapt over the walls of confinement.. — Bill Ayers
The artist's task is to become a successful eccentric, a strange but wise duck able to venture out of solitary confinement and mingle among society. — Eric Maisel
All birth means separation from the All, the confinement within limitation, the separation from God, the pangs of being born ever anew. The return into… — Hermann Hesse
The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply. — Will Self
We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. — Tennessee Williams
Many of the greatest composers and musicians do their best work in extreme confinement but we are seeing it in other fields - uses of… — Geoff Mulgan
Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being… — Bruce Lee
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable. — Karl Kraus
There's a big difference between being alone and being lonely. And I'm guessing that once you've discovered this distinction you can't go back to solitary… — Tiffanie DeBartolo

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