Prison Quotes

1427 quotes by 977 authors

You wake up one day and you realize that all these years have gone by and I have this mortgage and I have this couch… — Lynn Shelton
I am a Quaker. And as everyone knows, Quakers, for 300 years, have, on conscientious ground, been against participating in war. I was sentenced to… — Bayard Rustin
Hitler had a police state of the first order. And those who showed any sign of being weak-kneed faced prison or often summary execution. That… — Rick Atkinson
The last place I would ever want to go is prison. — Martha Stewart
My parents divorced when I was 10, but when my father was there, he was trying to create almost like a little prison for me. — Sarah Shahi
I hated high school. It was a prison. — Alan Alda
Lots of people think I went to prison. I never went to prison. I was in jail without bail. — Bobby Seale
Thieves must sit in prison. — Vladimir Putin
Prison was tough on me. I saw people in prison that made me ashamed I was a human being. Some make Qaddafi and Idi Amin… — Evel Knievel
In many of the high schools in the South Bronx, more children will end up in prison than will go to college. — Jonathan Kozol
I was an opportunist and got away with things because I was very young, but I went to prison and came out and remade my… — Frank Abagnale
When my daughter was born, I called her Ella Bella Mandela, because she was born the day after Mandela was released from prison. — Phil Daniels
Even if I was in prison, I could be free in my head. I can adapt easily. — Azzedine Alaia
Fortunately for me, or unfortunately, they made me an editor of the Parish Prison Pelican. I could read and write, and I had a way… — Ron Shock
I have a lot of fans who are in the prison system, where ramen noodles are a kind of staple. Prisoners are always sending me… — Chuck Palahniuk
Holloway Prison is a very old place, and it has the disadvantages of old places which have never known enough air and sunshine. It reeks… — Emmeline Pankhurst
The English prison system is altogether mediaeval and outworn. In some of its details, the system has improved since they began to send the Suffragettes… — Emmeline Pankhurst
Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul. — Nelson Mandela
There are thousands of Palestinians in prison virtually for no reason. — Alice Walker
I hit rock bottom before I even went there. Actually, prison was the rescue mission that God had put on me. He sent out his… — El DeBarge

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