Prisoner Quotes
507 Prisoner quotes by 407 unique authors
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We have strayed away from God, and He is in quest of us; Like us, He is humble and is a prisoner of desire: He…
— Muhammad Iqbal
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In Vietnam we have no political prisoners. No one is arrested or jailed for his or her speech or point of view. They are put…
— Nong ?uc Manh
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Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem.
— Alexei Navalny
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Prison service vans that travel 90 miles to take a prisoner 90 yards; paedophiles free to leer at children in the very parks where they…
— Trevor Phillips
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The lives of prisoners of war after they are returned is almost never discussed, never explored.
— Gideon Raff
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In a world of democracies, in a world where the great projects that have set humanity on fire are the projects of the emancipation of…
— Roberto Unger
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Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and…
— John Yoo
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The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse,…
— Ed Markey
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I would like you to understand completely, also emotionally, that I'm a political detainee and will be a political prisoner, that I have nothing now…
— Antonio Gramsci
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When you look at the startling ruins of Nuremberg, you are looking at a result of the war. When you look at the prisoners on…
— Janet Flanner
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Every invalid is a prisoner.
— Marguerite Yourcenar
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Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner…
— George P. Shultz
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You feel like a prisoner if you don't create. You're jailed up inside of yourself.
— Edie Brickell
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Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships.
— Barbara Amiel
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You could eat sushi off my bookshelf. My cleaning regime is like a battleground. I'm Genghis Khan and my cleaning products are my Mongolian army…
— Ryan Adams
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Once I was a prisoner lost inside myself with the world surrounding me, wandering through the misery, but now I am free. Free to love,…
— Mariah Carey
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Free all the prisoners everywhere, all they want is truth and justice, all they need is love and care.
— John Lennon
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The inmates and prisoners, I found they were my kind, and it was there inside the bars I found my peace of mind.
— Bob Dylan
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes…
— Gary Zukav
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Timeless is the creature who is wise. And timeless is the prisoner in disguise.
— Stevie Nicks
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Playing a prisoner of war trapped in Pakistan for three years was a novelty for me. We made sure that we didn't talk about India…
— Akshay Kumar
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Great stories, well written and heartfelt. Prisoner of SouthernRock is an engaging and entertaining celebration of southern music, musicians and characters.
— Chuck Leavell
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In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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If I'm tapping anything, it's the frustration of people who have something to say at work or home or in some social setting and just…
— Neal Boortz
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In the marketing society, we seek fulfillment but settle for abundance. Prisoners of plenty, we have the freedom to consume instead of our freedom to…
— Clive Hamilton
Who Wrote These Prisoner Quotes
407 authors contributed a total of 507 Prisoner Quotes, led by these top contributors: