Prisoners Quotes

241 Prisoners quotes by 201 unique authors

Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign. — William C. Bryant
Torture has been privatized now, so you have obviously the whole scandal in America about the abuse of prisoners and the fact that, army people… — Arundhati Roy
Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going to go fulfill my proper function in the social organism. I'm going to unbuild walls. — Ursula K. Le Guin
To gain customer insights, we must understand that we are prisoners of what we know and what we believe. — Unknown Author
"Who is secure in all his basic needs? Who has work, spiritual care, medical care, housing, food, occasional entertainment, free clothing, free burial, free everything?… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy. — Hafez
The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping… — Hafez
The red tape for family members who want to speak to a loved one is a reality, ... The warehousing of prisoners is a reality.… — Christopher Bullock
I did feel very sexy and desirable. Those prisoners looked at me like no man ever did. I don't care how many people they killed. — Kathy Griffin
The plane seems exultant now, even arrogant. We did it, we did it! We're up, above you. We were dependant on you just now, prisoners… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Prisoners at the bar, have you anything to say in your defence? — Agatha Christie
Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created freedom where there was nothing… — Jim Butcher
As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order, this when thousands… — Corazon Aquino
All modern U.S. presidents are perforce politicians, prisoners of their past pronouncements, their party, their constituency, and their colleagues. — Tony Judt
We need to 'go out,' then, in order to experience our own anointing, its power and its redemptive efficacy: to the 'outskirts' where there is… — Pope Francis
Due to the fact that I experienced personally the situation of a political prisoner, I have an historical commitment to all those that were or… — Dilma Rousseff
The African prisoners are orderly and peaceable among themselves. — Lewis Tappan
Most of the prisoners told the interpreter that they are from Mandingo. — Lewis Tappan
The curiosity to see the prisoners appears to be unabated — Lewis Tappan
One of the men attached to the prison was the occasion of great amusement on the part of the prisoners, as well as the spectators,… — Lewis Tappan
We cannot run away from the needs of LGBTI, sex workers, drug users, prisoners, and people with a disability. — Michel Sidibe
While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental… — Andrew Solomon
The prisoners still keep killing each other thay hung six yesterday thay fight all most every night in the stockade. — Joseph Williams
Well, it is all over now. The battle is lost, and many of us are prisoners, many are dead, many wounded, bleeding and dying. Your… — George Pickett
Any group of persons – prisoners, primitives, pilots, or patients – develop a life of their own that becomes meaningful, reasonable and normal once you… — Erving Goffman

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