Prisoner Quotes

507 Prisoner quotes by 407 unique authors

It's very good of you--" "No, no, not at all. It's my hobby. Not proposing to people, I don't mean, but investigating things. Well, cheer-frightfully-ho… — Dorothy L. Sayers
I am your lover, come to my side, I will open the gate to your love. Come settle with me, let us be neighbors to… — Unknown Author
To have faith requires courage, the ability to take a risk, the readiness even to accept pain and disappointment. Whoever insists on safety and security… — Erich Fromm
He’s being held prisoner on a ceramic-lined cookie sheet in the oven,” Thomas said. “I figured he couldn’t jigger his way out of a bunch… — Jim Butcher
If man is not made in the image of God, nothing then stands in the way of inhumanity. There is no good reason why mankind… — Francis Schaeffer
Every man is a prisoner, and the greatest irony of all is to be the prisoner of another man. — Sidney Sheldon
Freedom of mind is the real freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not… — B R Ambedkar
I guess Satan was the first superhero [...] In his first adventure, he took the form of a snake to free two prisoners being held… — Joe Hill
Time moves only forward, never back. We look forward to a moment and then it arrives and an instant later it is gone. Like something… — Augusten Burroughs
I forgive you, but only because you said 'please.'" Smartass, I thought. Then I groaned at the instant chorus of "Please!" mixed with cries for… — Jeaniene Frost
Many years later, after Niemöller had been imprisoned for eight years in concentration camps as the personal prisoner of Adolf Hitler, he penned these infamous… — Eric Metaxas
I was happy not to be in his place. He could command my death, but not his. But then, what kind of power was his?… — Anchee Min
My name is Katniss Everdeen. My home is District Twelve. Peeta was taken prisoner. He is thought to be dead. Most likely is dead. It… — Suzanne Collins
What freedom am I being offered while the organization of the people remains banned? Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts, — Nelson Mandela
Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such time takes flight and, in her absence; wrath plunders all the riches of the intellect,… — Pietro Aretino
School presents daily exercises in dis-association. It forces unwelcome associations on most of its prisoners. It sets petty, meaningless competitions in motion on a daily… — John Taylor Gatto
We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future. — Robin Sharma
He meant that when people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, master and pupils, jailer and prisoners. They become a single group… — Gilbert Highet
If you love the justice of Jesus Christ more than you fear human judgment then you will seek to do compassion. Compassion means that if… — Mechthild of Magdeburg
In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. — Ivan Illich
We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility… — Madeleine Albright
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. — Laozi
I grew up listening in awe to stories of their wartime adventures. My granny, Joan, was a journalist and wrote amazing letters to my grandpa… — Laura Carmichael
As a prisoner of conscience committed to peaceful transition to democracy, I urge Europe to apply economic sanctions against Ethiopia. What short-term pain may result… — Eskinder Nega
I was brought up largely by my grandfather because my father only returned from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1947 and worked in the nearest small… — W G Sebald

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