Prison Quotes

1427 Prison quotes by 949 unique authors

I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000 meters above sea… — Jean Giono
I see Edward Snowden as someone who has chosen, at best, exile from the country he loves-with a serious risk of his assassination by agents… — Daniel Ellsberg
The ultimate tyranny in a society is not control by martial law. It is control by the psychological manipulation of consciousness, through which reality is… — Barbara Marciniak
I have spent more than 20 years in prison, then on one night I decided to surrender by signing all the terms and conditions of… — Nelson Mandela
Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning. — Corrie Ten Boom
Prisons are the universities of the opposition. — Janusz Korwin-Mikke
It's time to stop building the shopping malls, the prisons, the stadiums and other tributes to all of our collective failures. It is time that… — Majora Carter
Remember that you can pray any time, anywhere. Washing dishes, digging ditches, working in the office, in the shop, on the athletic field, even in… — Billy Graham
I died in 1960 from a prison sentence and poetry brought me back to life. — Etheridge Knight
Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages. People feel they know me and the minute… — Nawal El Saadawi
I stagnated in prison a long time, and I have wasted most of my life. — Gary Gilmore
The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid. In Washington, D.C., our nation’s… — Michelle Alexander
Many offenders are tracked for prison at early ages, labeled as criminals in their teen years, and then shuttled from their decrepit, underfunded inner city… — Michelle Alexander
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a decade… — Michelle Alexander
In regeneration, the mind is enlightened in the knowledge of spiritual things... The will is renewed... The will is cured of its utter inability to… — Thomas Boston
Mine is an enthusiastic and dionysian pessimism, like a flame that sets my vital exuberance ablaze, that mocks at any theoretical, scientific or moral prison. — Renzo Novatore
But even now, with the crates piled high in the hall, what I see most plainly about the books is that they are beautiful. They… — Leon Wieseltier
Negative thoughts are the nails that build a prison of failure. — Jon Gordon
Prisons are woefully ill-equipped for their current role as the nations primary mental health facilities. — Jamie Fellner
You put a tattoo on yourself with the knowledge that this body is yours to have and enjoy while you're here. You have fun with… — Don Ed Hardy
Some prisons don't require bars to keep people locked inside. All it takes is their perception that they belong there. — Lysa TerKeurst
Mandela? He lasted 27 years in prison but he never could've done 30. — Serge Ibaka
After I get dolled up and lay down some records and my voice is out, I want to get away and get my back blown… — Remy Ma
Most people named Willie are either in prison or on the armwrestling circuit. — Jase Robertson
As long as you have war, police, prisons, crime, you are in the early stages of civilization. — Jacque Fresco

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