Penitentiary Quotes

39 Penitentiary quotes by 35 unique authors

My first jobs were all civil service. At 14, I worked for the Canadian National Railways. At 16, I worked for the Canadian Penitentiary Service. — Dan Aykroyd
It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's… — Erykah Badu
There was always news coming back to the quarter about someone who had been killed or sent to prison for killing someone else: Snowball, stabbed… — Ulysses S. Grant
This is the criminal left that belongs not in a dormitory, but in a penitentiary. The criminal left is not a problem to be solved… — Spiro T. Agnew
I have a really interesting political point of view, and its not always something I say too loud at dinner tables here, but you cant… — Robert Downey, Jr.
Gentlemen, Chicolini here may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot. I… — Groucho Marx
In the penitentiary you learn this: don't lie. Don't lie, man. If someone catches you in a lie you leave yourself open to get snuffed.… — Charles Manson
If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older brother… — Babe Ruth
I'm the best promoter in the world because I haven't taken a day off work since I left the penitentiary, and because I have read… — Don King
If anyone knew where they were, I'd send the ISDBB (Incredibly Stupid and Dumb Beyond Belief) award to the two guys who tried to break… — Erma Bombeck
All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless amusement, compared to… — H. L. Mencken
The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its 'debt' in the… — William Graham Sumner
If we steal a man's purse we are thieves. If we steal twelve hundred islands we are patriots. If you steal a man's money you… — William Jennings Bryan
You have had indeed a fair trial. It is a shocking thing when a judge of your high office is shown to have betrayed the… — Florence Ellinwood Allen
You can't go from a $2,000-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary, and really understand it, and come out a liberal. — Robert Downey, Jr.
I was told I would be back in 90 days. If I listened to people, I would be back where I came from - the… — Bernard Hopkins
I will say that since our capture we have met with uniform kindness, and while in the penitentiary our relations with the officers have been… — Cole Younger
But we did conclude that Ray had actually killed Dr. King pursuant to his theory that he was going to be able to get hold… — Louis Stokes
You see, you can send me to the penitentiary, it's not a big thing. I've been there all my life anyway. What about your children?… — Charles Manson
Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful. — Marianne Faithfull
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 grew to manhood in the Ohio State Penitentiary. — Chester Himes
I am in the penitentiary. The only thing that I do is my time. — Suge Knight
The evening sky was streaked with purple, the color of torn plums, and a light rain had started to fall when I came to the… — James Lee
One hundred percent of the time, no plea bargain, no bail, you're going to the penitentiary - - that will change the atmosphere in this… — Wayne LaPierre

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