Quotes tagged ‘Prison’

(161 total)

“Rehabilitation is a fairy tale.”

“Veronica Sawyer: I can't believe this is my life. Oh my God. I'm gonna have to send my SAT scores to San Quentin instead of Stanford. Jason Dean: Ah, right. I'm just a little freaked here. Well at least you got what you wanted, you know? Veronica Sawyer: Got what I wanted? It is one thing to want so…”

— Daniel Waters, Veronica Sawyer, Winona Ryder, amazon.com

“I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else's.”

— John McCain, politico.com

“In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took for granted. It wasn't until I had lost America for a time that I realized how m…”

— John McCain, amazon.com

“I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else's. I loved it not just for the many comforts of life here. I loved it for its decency, for its faith in the wisdom, justice, and goodness of its people. I loved it because it was not just a place, but an idea, a cause worth fightin…”

— John McCain, en.wikiquote.org

“Prison is predicated on the idea of social & physical isolation from society. When you can’t hear the voices or listen to the stories of those incarcerated it’s easy to make them into something they’re not.”

— Clint Smith, twitter.com

“As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between school and prison is the wardrobe.”

— Rachel Lipman, Quinn Morgendorffer, Wendy Hoopes, imdb.com

“The last place I would ever want to go is prison.”

— Martha Stewart, nytimes.com

“One of my good friends wound up dying in prison. And this wasn't an uncommon thing. It's like a neighbourhood you could have in London or anywhere in the world—anywhere where there's a concentrated amount of easy stuff to get into.”

— Danny DeVito, theguardian.com

“We don't presume anyone is beyond improvement until we really have tried everything we have in our arsenal.”

— Mitch Abrams, vice.com

“We are still the wildest people we’ve ever known that aren’t in prison.”

— Roseanne Barr, vanityfair.com

“The system is overwhelming and that is part of its power: to make people feel completely and totally isolated, depressed, and helpless. Recognizing that is part of it.”

— Nicole R. Fleetwood, dazeddigital.com

“I'm gonna walk you through a scenario and your face is gonna tell me how close I am. From the moment I arrested you, you watched and waited for the right time to take your revenge. When you learned I was going to Mexico, you took it. You and Lindsey framed me for murder so I'd be put in prison and t…”

— Breen Frazier, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com

“When in doubt, go with the guy with the long prison record.”

— Bruce Zimmerman, David Rossi, Joe Mantegna, imdb.com

“I’m getting released. There’s nothing you can do to stop that. I’ll find out who you are, and where you live, and then I’m gonna kill you.”

— Liz Sagal, Kem Nunn, Kurt Sutter, Jax Teller, Charlie Hunnam, imdb.com

“Blanche: [after being awakened by the ringing phone] I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo! Dorothy: Boy, that's pretty jumpy.”

— Kathy Speer, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

“Everyone warned me that prison would be an inhumane environment. It is. But I find it refreshing. The perfect microcosm of the animal world. When an animal wants something, when it needs something, other things need to be stepped on.”

— Lauren Schmidt, Marco Ramirez, Wilson Fisk, Vincent D'Onofrio, imdb.com

“I'll never survive in prison! They'll mop the floor with me!”

— Paul Tibbitt, Kaz, Spongebob Squarepants, Tom Kenny, imdb.com

“One of the most wonderful things in life is to wake up and enjoy a cuddle with somebody... Unless you’re in prison”

— Idizzyizzie, reddit.com

“After my wife died, I haven't been able to look at other women for 10 years... But now that I'm out of prison I can honestly say that it was worth it.”

— LorettaJSmith, reddit.com