Prisoner Quotes

507 Prisoner quotes by 407 unique authors

Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies.… — Alveda King
The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and… — Florence King
What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer. — Aung San Suu Kyi
I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world. — Aung San Suu Kyi
Women are strong now. Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt and taking no prisoners. — Patti LaBelle
You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas. — Sol LeWitt
The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century. — Sinclair Lewis
And now, dear sister, I must leave this house or the retreating army will make me a prisoner in it by filling up the road… — Dolley Madison
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated. — Nelson Mandela
An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of… — Henri Matisse
There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair. — Brian May
The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over. — Henry Miller
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them. — Edward R. Murrow
Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and… — Kevin O'Leary
Money is my military, each dollar a soldier. I never send my money into battle unprepared and undefended. I send it to conquer and take… — Kevin O'Leary
I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they… — Robert Orben
A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone. — Leonard Peltier
I would only read the novels that people classify as 'beach books' if I were being held prisoner and the only alternative was the 'Book… — Tom Robbins
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where… — Carlos Santana
Bush sees the evil as out there in the wider world, residing in people who 'hate freedom'. Look at his immediate response to the pictures… — Peter Singer
The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I… — Peter Singer
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. — Lewis B. Smedes
So what really works? Treatments in jail do some good, but it's mostly too late: finding a family and a job or just growing older… — Polly Toynbee
I live a very dull life here... indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else. — Martha Washington

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