Prisoner Quotes

507 Prisoner quotes by 407 unique authors

Avoid trouble with those who are fanatics; they remain imprisoned in exclusivism and deserve compassion just as any other prisoner. — Chico Xavier
My obsessions used to be my protectors, but now they have taken me prisoner. — Mason Cooley
It would be better to drown these prisoners in the Dead Sea if possible, since that's the lowest point in the world. — Avigdor Lieberman
I don't think that Israel has any legal or moral justification for their massive bombing of the entire nation of Lebanon. What happened is that… — Jimmy Carter
When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects loses possession of his… — Zhuangzi
Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested in holding captured POWs. — John Yoo
I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going… — E. P. Thompson
Oxigen [oxygen], as you well know, is my hero as well as my foe, and being not only strong but inexhaustible in strategies and full… — Christian Friedrich Schonbein
Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary confinement for life. — Robert A. Heinlein
There is none of my uncle's marks upon you; he taught me how to know a man in love; in which cage of rushes I… — William Shakespeare
As long as you hate your enemy, a jail door is closed and a prisoner is taken. But when you try to understand and release… — Max Lucado
The dream of a writer is to be surprised by his characters. All of a sudden, they are living their own lives; they are not… — Jean-Claude Carriere
It is not only the prisoners who grow coarse and hardened from corporal punishment, but those as well who perpetrate the act or are present… — Anton Chekhov
Whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners to it. — Barack Obama
My keepers, why keepers, I'm in no danger of stirring an inch, ah I see, it's to make me think I'm a prisoner, frantic with… — Samuel Beckett
Personal lyricism is the outcry of prisoner to prisoner from the cell in solitary where each is confined for the duration of his life. — Tennessee Williams
We are all prisoners of our time and place. — David Henry Hwang
The KGB still killed people, the KGB would not execute its last prisoner until the final days of its existence in 1991, but by the… — Tom Clancy
We have peace with God as soon as we believe, but not always with ourselves. The pardon may be past the prince's hand and seal,… — William Gurnall
Prison is an important part of life. We can't have violent people running around in the streets. (3 out of 4 federal prisoners are serving… — Howard Dean
This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness. — Kate DiCamillo
The Communist torturers often said, 'There is no God, no hereafter, no punishment for evil. We can do what we wish.' I have heard one… — Richard Wurmbrand
Patriotism, in the trenches, was too remote a sentiment, and at once rejected as fit only for civilians, or prisoners. A new arrival who talked… — Robert Graves
Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon. — Nicolas Gomez Davila
How does life become totally painful By total retreat. Total noninspection becomes total pain.But existence is basically composed of a very few truths onto which… — L. Ron Hubbard

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