Jail Quotes

637 Jail quotes by 498 unique authors

Jail is no place for a young fellow. There's no advancement — Groucho Marx
Facebook is like jail, you sit around and waste time, you write on walls and you get poked by people you don't know — Will Ferrell
I did not want to be mistreated, I did not want to be deprived of a seat that I had paid for. It was just… — Rosa Parks
I am not a Republican nor a Democrat, nor an American, and got sense enough to know it. I am one of the 22 million… — Malcolm X
People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity… — Nelson Mandela
And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer. — Barney Frank
Why do we put people who are on drugs in jail? They're sick, they're not criminals. Sick people don't get healed in prison. You see?… — Bill Hicks
I went to jail 44 times. I've been beaten and left for dead on the side of the road fighting for freedom. . . .… — Ralph Abernathy
For me, soldiers are all equal. Those black people wore your same uniform, fought on your side, and so you will be in the same… — Erwin Rommel
Being incarcerated is truly very serious, and it has changed my life to such an extent that breaking the cycle has become my sole focus.… — Ja Rule
LL Cool J was a rapper-turned-actor, and I also relate to him because he was sort of a ladies' man and had a female fan… — Bow Wow
You don't care if I'm guilty or not. You gonna make sure I go to jail for life. — Ray Lewis
Poor people, especially those of color, are worth nothing to corporations and private contractors if they are on the street. In jail and prisons, however,… — Chris Hedges
Many people are living in an emotional jail without realizing it. — Virginia Satir
Murder is illegal, but if you take a picture of it you may get your name in a magazine or maybe win a Pulitzer Prize.… — Larry Flynt
Miguelito, liberated from having to sing with Cugat, sounds like he just got out of jail and is letting it rip. — Ned Sublette
The only excuse for being broke is being in Jail. — Curtis Jackson
People with mental illnesses are dying on our streets. More than 350,000 are in jails and prisons. Most are people whose only real crime is… — Pete Earley
They spent the night in jail, where their progressive views on gay marriage served them well. — Ann Coulter
In a society of criminals, the innocent man goes to jail. — Philip K. Dick
[democrats] hated Richard Nixon, and no wonder. It was Nixon who sent Alger Hiss to jail, and Nixon who waged the Vietnam War after the… — David Frum
Government is not capable of caring. Government gets things done through coercion. They fine, they penalize, they tax, they confiscate, they jail, they bully to… — Rush Limbaugh
There are more Negroes in jail with me than there are on the voting rolls. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail. — Ed Koch
A man cannot free himself by any self-denying ordinances, neither by water nor potatoes, nor by violent possibilities, by refusing to swear, refusing to pay… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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