Crime Quote by Oscar Wilde

After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going…

— Nelson Mandela

Prison is a crash course in the darker side of life. Few survive it without becoming a different person: more cynical, jaded, fearful, angry.…

— Peter McWilliams

Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.

— Nelson Mandela

It's not that prison makes you shed your abstract notions. On the contrary, it pares them down to their most succinct articulations. Prison is,…

— Joseph Brodsky

Prison is, indeed, a translation of your metaphysics, ethics, sense of history and whatnot into the compact terms of your daily deportment.

— Joseph Brodsky

Not to sound cynical, but all you ever learn in prison is how to be a better criminal.

— Ras Kass

Being incarcerated does not mean being devoid of the capacity to learn, grow, and think, and it's critical that prisons provide spaces where learning…

— Clint Smith

In prison, you have to forget about the world on the outside. You have no Internet, no communications, and you're cut off from the…

— Charlie Shrem

Prison was a learning experience. I learned to be patient.

— Mark Morrison

“You will find that most prisons are forged in someone’s own mind. And they invariably possess the key to their release if they could…

— Jeff Wheeler

Prison has taught me that there is a part of you that no-one can ever take from you, and that is your heart.

— Babar Ahmad

To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.

— Jack Henry Abbott