Prison Quotes

1427 quotes by 989 authors

The American appetite for loneliness impressed me, and there was something about this solitude that freed conversation. One night at a bar, I met a… — Peter Hessler
I have long been aware that when an independent intellectual stands up to an autocratic state, step one toward freedom is often a step into… — Liu Xia
John Kerry gave the enemy for free what I and many of my comrades in North Vietnam in the prison camps took torture to avoid… — Paul Galanti
I didn't suffer for Jesus in prison. No! I was with Jesus and I experienced his very real presence, joy, and peace every day. It's… — Brother Yun
I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930. — Gregory Corso
There comes a time, thief, when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and… — Max von Sydow
Nobody wants to get locked up, although 'locked up' is a matter of perspective. There can be people who are out who are in prison… — Wesley Snipes
I've probably been spit on more that any person alive outside of, I would say, a member of the prison system. — Iggy Pop
I made a movie where I played a girl that just got out of prison and we shot it very very quickly but very intensely-that… — Maggie Gyllenhaal
I devoted my career to building an affinity with my fans who have supported me unflinchingly and no barbed wire fence or prison wall will… — Foxy Brown
I had a weird situation were someone used my name to extort money from a woman. He took her for 60 or 80 thousand dollars.… — Michael Biehn
Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out. — Denzel Washington
With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the spirit. The affluent… — Eric Sevareid
I go around the world dealing with running and hiding... I can't take a walk in the park . I can't go to the store...… — Michael Jackson
Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right… — Pete Seeger
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men… — Danny Glover
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They… — Danny Glover
American journalists and politicians made a perfect spectacle of themselves in discussing the Abu Ghraib prison controversy. — Tony Snow
Well I've always said that fame and fortune - the two things that one seems to go after when they go into show business was… — Dave Madden
I wish I could undo what I did at Enron but I can't. I understand that I deserve punishment. Your honor, I accept the prison… — Andrew Fastow

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