#arrest

They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they came to arrest me, and - well, let it go at that. ↗

— Joshua Slocum

#came #could #first #give #go

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#angry #arrested #because #before #everyone

This may surprise you, but I was arrested in high school. ↗

— Pat Boone

#high #high school #i #may #school

When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit. ↗

— Constantin Brancusi

#body #eyes #fins #fish #flash

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment. ↗

— Warren E. Burger

#certain #consequences #deterrent #effect #factor

I was arrested three times and tortured once. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#i #once #three #times #tortured

If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#been #conservative #liberal #mugged #who

Arrested Development opened a lot of doors for me. ↗

— Will Arnett

#arrested development #development #doors #lot #me

You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel. ↗

— Harry Belafonte

#charged #counsel #right #you

My bed isn't made, I'm tired, I haven't slept well for two weeks. I haven't been laid in a month. I don't have a girlfriend. I have a warrant for my arrest. ↗

— Layne Staley

#bed #been #girlfriend #haven #i