Prison Quotes

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As for the Folsom Prison show, ... would anybody have the guts to do that show now 50 Cent, maybe I think the whole idea… — James Mangold
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget. — Mitchell Burgess
Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which children… — George Bernard Shaw
A secret is a kind of promise.... It can also be a prison. — Jennifer Lee Carrell
America is the greatest nation ever founded. The ideals are the greatest ever espoused in human history, and we just need the country to live… — Henry Louis Gates
Our schools are much like our prisons: they disappoint us because they only do what they're designed to do, and it annoys us that they… — Daniel Quinn
The devil had as good have let Paul alone, for he no sooner comes into prison but he falls a preaching, at which the gates… — William Gurnall
I am not the only one who did not want revenge. Almost all my colleagues in prison did not want revenge, because there is no… — Nelson Mandela
I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison. — Nelson Mandela
At the final day the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material possessions or fame.… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
When tradition is thought to state the way things really are, it becomes the director and judge of our lives; we are, in effect, imprisoned… — Marcus Borg
I spent much of my prison time reading. I must have read over 200 large books, mostly fictional stories about the American pioneers, the Vikings,… — Glenn Miller
Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will mount a daring new escape attempt every month,… — Chip Heath
As parenting declines, the need for policing increases. There will always be a shortage of police if there is a shortage of effective parents! Likewise,… — Neal A. Maxwell
Mr. McCain fought in Vietnam. I think that he has enough blood of peaceful citizens on his hands. It must be impossible for him to… — Vladimir Putin
In Western Australia, minerals are being dug up from Aboriginal land and shipped to China for a profit of a billion dollars a week. In… — John Pilger
If you read the biographies of people who have written good books, you often see the point where they suddenly come into themselves, and those… — Jonathan Franzen
And I did wonder - because it's now three years ago since I left prison - whether there would come a time when I would… — Jeffrey Archer
But I certainly made mistakes, for which I regret, I think most human beings in their lifetime make mistakes, mine ended up in two years… — Jeffrey Archer
I was sentenced to life plus 30 years by an all-White jury. What I saw in prison was wall-to-wall Black flesh in chains. Women caged… — Assata Shakur

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