Imprison Quotes

53 Imprison quotes by 48 unique authors

There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode. — Joseph de Maistre
I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences. — Ella Maillart
I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty. All the stock in trade I possess is a $10,000 debt, incurred by publishing my… — Susan B. Anthony
Like the truth, retirement can set you free. Or, like work, retirement can imprison you. — Ernie J Zelinski
Paired opposites define your longings and those longings imprison you. — Frank Herbert
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind. — Mahatma Gandhi
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and… — James Connolly
The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or… — James Otis
Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in… — James A. Baldwin
Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them… — Stephen King
Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we… — Paulo Coelho
Love fills everything. It cannot be desired because it is an end in itself. It cannot betray because it has nothing to do with possession.… — Paulo Coelho
There is in fact something obscene and sinister about photography, a desire to imprison, to incorporate, a sexual intensity of pursuit. — William S. Burroughs
You cannot imprison me!" He bellowed. "I am Hyperion! I am-" The bark closed over his face. Grover took his pipes from his mouth. "You… — Rick Riordan
Can you see air you breathe? Can you see the force that moves the tides or changes the seasons or sends the birds to a… — Francine Rivers
How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those… — Clarice Lispector
Anyone that looked like that wouldn't need to tie up girls and imprison them in order to get them to marry him — Cassandra Clare
With the first commandment, Mohammed tried to imprison common sense. And with the second commandment, the beautiful, romantic side of mankind was enslaved. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The sculptor who deals with form seeks to imprison beauty in a marble statue that will withstand the ravages of time during millenniums; but a… — Max Heindel
As politics is disconnected from its ethical and material moorings, it becomes easier to punish and imprison young people than to educate them. — Henry Giroux
If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy. — Ralph Ellison
No man is my enemy, my own hands imprison me. Love rescue me. — Unknown Author
Sometimes the prison of fear is so powerful theres no need to lock the cell doors. Your fear creates a willingness to self-imprison. — Steve Maraboli
It is better to end something and start another.. than to imprison urself hoping for the impossible thing to happen. — Jochelle Dimitui

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