#prison

He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#conquered #enemy #into #overcome #prison

It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them. ↗

— David Hockney

#downloading #especially #going #images #prison

The percentage of Americans in the prison system, has doubled since 1985. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#percentage #prison #since #system

God help us from those who believe that they are the sole possessors of truth. How we manage at times to agree willingly to become prisoners within our own minds and souls of beliefs and ideas on which we can never be flexible. ↗

— King Hussein I

#become #beliefs #believe #flexible #god

Harry!" said Fred, elbowing Percy out of the way and bowing deeply. "Simply splendid to see you, old boy-" "Marvelous," said George, pushing Fred aside and seizing Harry's hand in turn. "Absolutely spiffing." Percy scowled. "That's enough, now," said Mrs. Weasley. "Mum!" said Fred as though he'd only just spotted her and seizing her hand too. "How really corking to see you- ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#prison

Well I certainly have learned and I hope I'm moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#hope #i #learned #moving #moving on

Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars. ↗

— Beck

#look #men #mud #other #out

With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison. ↗

— John Spratt

#alone #army #confront #crime #crime rate

I stagnated in prison a long time, and I have wasted most of my life. ↗

— Gary Gilmore

#life #long #long time #most #my life

Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. ↗

— Richard Burton

#islands #large #little #look #prisons