Jail Quotes

637 quotes by 498 authors

Let us be on the side of those who sit in jails and are sentenced to death for their faith. Let us pray for them… — Richard Wurmbrand
I don't want want to go to jail, I'm fragile. — Adam Sandler
If I went to jail, at least I wouldn't have to sign autographs. — Kurt Cobain
Almost makes you want to go to jail out here, doesn't it? — William J. Clinton
Under this law (Controlled Substances Act) a bureaucrat-usually not elected-decides whether or not a substance is dangerous and how dangerous that substance is. There's no… — Peter McWilliams
The reign of tears is over. The slums will soon be only a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into… — Billy Sunday
I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons,… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Never steal anything so small that you'll have to go to an unpleasant city jail for it instead of a minimum-security federal tennis prison. — P.J. O'Rourke
I could hear Dean, blissful and blabbering and frantically rocking. Only a guy who's spent five years in jail can go to such maniacal helpless… — Jack Kerouac
And don't worry, if I get thrown in jail in Manila, Beyonce will just bail me out. Sold out night 2 in the Philippines. I… — Lady Gaga
So I had a choice between going to a jail or going to a bughouse like a nice young middle-class student. So I chose to… — Allen Ginsberg
Steal a little, and they put you in jail. Steal a lot, and they make you king. — Bob Dylan
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with… — Phil Ochs
I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the… — Lysander Spooner
When a filmmaker does not make films, it is as if he is jailed. Even when he is freed from the small jail, he finds… — Jafar Panahi
The effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on - after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on government has turned… — Barry Goldwater
When we put someone in our jail cell of hatred, we are stuck guarding the door. — Max Lucado
Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. — Mark Twain
Having spent too many years in show business, the one thing I see that succeeds is persistence. It's the person who just ain't gonna go… — David Mamet
They attack the victim, and then the criminal who attacked the victim accuses the victim of attacking him. This is American justice. This is American… — Malcolm X

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