Prison Quotes

1427 quotes by 949 authors

AÂ lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight â€” and when they come out, theyâ€™re gay. — Benjamin Carson
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or… — Janet Reno
I am at a crossroads; I have always been against armed opposition... I have chosen civil disobedience. But I will apologize to my people if… — Osman Baydemir
Comeback records always worry me, especially when they're made by one of my heroes, and I'd heard stories about Gil Scott-Heron recently, about drug arrests… — Will Hermes
What I did, you know, being away from my family, letting so many people down. I let myself down, not being out on the football… — Michael Vick
I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with some of the… — Joan Halifax
You have put so much energy into building a prison for yourself. Now spend as much on demolishing it. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
I always tell people, anger is like liquid. It's fluid, it's like water. You put it in a container and it takes the shape of… — Leymah Gbowee
If it wasn't for prison, I was in a bad way. — Jayson Williams
That's what prison did for me, it isolated me, you know, it polished me up like a stone. — Jayson Williams
Habit is a strong invisible prison. — John O'Donohue
Without [these] lights and [this] little throne our Lord cannot come out of His tabernacle. We give them to Him, and we say to Him:… — Peter Julian Eymard
The world is a philosophical prison and Man is the philosophical prisoner. — Kedar Joshi
In an unjust society the only place for a just man is prison. — Henry David Thoreau
Let's say that you commit a crime, you get caught, you might get sent to prison. It's going to be bad. But if you get… — Jamie Bell
Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in, I think of those companions true Who studied with me at the U-… — George Canning
Ill husbandry lieth In prison for debt: Good husbandry spieth Where profit get. — Thomas Tusser
It was a dangerous profession I had chosen ... because no one likes a funny kid. In fact, adults are scared silly of them and… — Art Buchwald
Prison towers and modern posters for soap and whiskey. — Frank Lloyd Wright
For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room. — Abraham Cowley

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