Prisoners Quotes

241 Prisoners quotes by 201 unique authors

It has never demonstrated any desire to provide humane treatment to captured Americans. If anything, the murders of Nicholas Berg and Daniel Pearl declare al… — John Yoo
We are all prisoners but some of us are in cells with windows and some without. — Khalil Gibran
We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it. — Rick Warren
Music at its best...is the grand archeology into and transfiguration of our guttural cry, the great human effort to grasp in time our deepest passions… — Cornel West
Men are prisoners of their genitalia and women are the keepers of the keys to paradise. — Pat Conroy
They came to know the incorrigible sorrow of all prisoners and exiles, which is to live in company with a memory that serves no purpose. — Albert Camus
If this is the way Queen Victoria treats her prisoners, she doesn't deserve to have any. — Oscar Wilde
Ester asked why people are sad. "That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main… — Paulo Coelho
It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of… — Richard Wurmbrand
Jace shook his blond head in exasperation. "You had to make a crazy jail friend, didn't you? You couldn't just count ceiling tiles or tame… — Cassandra Clare
She tore a page from the book and ripped it in half. Then a chapter. Soon, there was nothing but scraps of words littered between… — Markus Zusak
we all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth. — Jeffrey Archer
Some times I think this whole world Is one big prison yeard Some of us are prisoners The rest of us are guards — Bob Dylan
To Garan's credit, the treatment of Dellian prisoners did change after that. One particularly laconic man, after a session in which Fire learned positively nothing,… — Kristin Cashore
The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system--whether political, religious or economic--that is rejected by… — Naomi Klein
The past is the one thing we are not prisoners of. We can do with the past exactly what we wish. What we can't do… — John Berger
Don’t worry, we’re not letting her out of our sight…and after the Nick incident, we’re not letting her out from behind this bar. (Aimee) Yeah,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
True love, like any other strong and addicting drug, is boring — once the tale of encounter and discovery is told, kisses quickly grow stale… — Stephen King
When it shall be said in any country in the world my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them;… — Thomas Paine
In the name of God!" said Gurth, "how came they prisoners? and to whom?" "Our master was too ready to fight," said the Jester, "and… — Walter Scott
ALL THINGS THAT ARE, ARE OURS. BUT WE MUST CARE. FOR IF WE DO NOT CARE, WE DO NOT EXIST. IF WE DO NOT EXIST,… — Terry Pratchett
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain… — George Bernard Shaw
Dantes passed through all the stages of torture natural to prisoners in suspense. He was sustained at first by that pride of conscious innocence which… — Alexandre Dumas
The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs raw… — Natalie Goldberg
I was always mortified.Didn't they know they were tying thier mothers to the ground? Weren't chains ashamed of their prisoners? — Janet Fitch

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