Prison Quotes

1427 Prison quotes by 949 unique authors

That subtle knot which makes us man So must pure lovers souls descend T affections, and to faculties, Which sense may reach and apprehend, Else… — John Donne
It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to you, they have… — Cindy Sheehan
Well I certainly have learned and I hope I'm moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment. — Jeffrey Archer
The sick man must follow his illness to the place where it is treated. He is set aside in one of the technical and secret… — Michel de Certeau
Being in prison for seven years was like being in an army that never drilled, never deployed, and only fought itself. — Raegan Butcher
Smuggling poems out of prison in the soles of mt shoes i'm way past finding salvation in the arms of a woman, I look out… — Raegan Butcher
When we mourn those who die young – those who have been robbed of time – we weep for lost joys. We weep for opportunities… — Josephine Hart
I feel that if I ever did adjust to prison, I could by that alone never adjust to society. — Jack Abbott
I'm an escaped car thief. I broke out of prison to see the Cubs in the World Series. — James Belushi
Obesity is a prison; in the US we spend more to treat type 2 diabetes each year than is spent on education. — Paul Zane Pilzer
Twice in his life Eugene Victor Debs took the long leap to the Ultima Thule of prison, passing beyond the realm of the acceptable into… — Marguerite Young
You never know you are in a prison unless you try the door — Joe Bageant
Lest we forget, the birth of modern physics and cosmology was achieved by Galileo, Kepler and Newton breaking free not from the close confining prison… — David Bentley Hart
As the nation-state has monopolized habeas corpus … on balance we have far more people in prison, federal and state, than ever. — Anthony Gregory
I'll hit anyone who's seriously threatening my life... that's what happened, and that's what sent me to prison. — Jim Goad
The prison was very important - as everywhere on earth. Everywhere the building of a prison is the first step in the organization of a… — B. Traven
A word is all it takes to put a man in prison, or to seize his property, or to end his life. A saber might… — Galen Beckett
Saying yes, opening up, and loving: these are the keys that will unlock the prison door. — Arnaud Desjardins
Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds. — John Powell
There is always something to be happy about if we look for it: ‘Two men looked through prison bars, The one saw mud, the other… — Amy Carmichael
I long to escape the prison of my ego and lose myself in You. — Unknown Author
I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks. — Unknown Author
The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think. — David Icke
I would prefer to remain in prison for another 20 years than bargain my beliefs for freedom. — Samir Geagea
Prison is a crash course in the darker side of life. Few survive it without becoming a different person: more cynical, jaded, fearful, angry. Its… — Peter McWilliams

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