Crime Quote by Ogden Nash

“Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail.”

— Louis-Ferdinand Céline

“Just because he’s not in jail doesn’t mean he’s not guilty; it just means he never got caught.”

— M. Leighton

“One good thing about jail is that it allows you to think a lot.”

— John Grisham

“...the court, as now constituted, would be meaningless without the jail which gives it its power. But if there is anything I have learned…

— Barbara Deming

“Prison is a still point in a turning world, and it is very easy to remain in the same place in jail while the…

— Nelson Mandela

“Once the criminal has served his time, he returns to his old neighborhood. There’s a good chance he’s been psychologically damaged by his time…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“The bars of jail shall make you frail. Now that's poetry for you.”

— E.J. Norris

“Have you ever been in jail, mate? Whatever you did in your life, nothing can be compared to a single day in jail.”

— Stefania Mattana

“How can a prisoner understand their punishment to have been worthwhile to anyone, when it's dealt in a way so offhand and indifferent?”

— Piper Kerman

“Imprisonment is the form of punishment which may detrimentally affect not only the offender but also his family and his employment and because of…

— P.W. Thirion

“The views of the Courts in regard to imprisonment have however undergone modification in the last ten years. Imprisonment is seen more and more…

— V.G. Hiemstra

“You can only grow in jail what you take to jail with you. You can only grow in persecution what you take into it.”

— Nik Ripkin