Prison Quotes

1427 Prison quotes by 949 unique authors

I could never work in a recording studio where you have this lovely view and a beach and the waves are crashing. For me, it's… — Madonna Ciccone
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms… — Michel Foucault
Privatizing bits of the prison industry was a step in the right direction, but what we didn't have - until recently - were proper instruments… — Thomas Frank
We've got to clear some of the room out of the prisons so we can put the bad guys in there, like the pedophiles and… — Kinky Friedman
What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have… — Carlos Fuentes
I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten. — Henry Louis Gates
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. — Edward Gibbon
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison. — William Glasser
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release. — Germaine Greer
Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types. — John Grisham
Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million. — John Grisham
Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to… — Cyril Connolly
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and… — James Connolly
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business. — Clarence Darrow
A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland… — Mahmoud Darwish
While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a… — Eugene V. Debs
Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous… — Angela Davis
Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education. — Angela Davis
I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons. — Angela Davis
First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons. — Angela Davis
May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin. — Sammy Davis, Jr.
But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely. — Janice Dickinson
We are a pluralist civilisation because we allow mosques to be built in our countries, and we are not going to stop simply because Christian… — Umberto Eco
If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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