Prison
Definition: A building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial. Imprison.
Number of Quotes: 7
For I was an hungred,
and ye gave me meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took
me in.
Naked, and ye clothed
me: I was sick, and ye visited
me: I was in prison, and ye
came to me.
Matthew 25:35-36, King James Version
Holy Bible
Imprisoned in every fat man a thin one is wildly signalling to be let out.
Cyril Connolly
Better build schoolrooms for the boy
,
Than cells and gibbets for the man
.
Eliza Cook
I am a waning bird encased in a glass sphere; I cannot see my prison, and my cries no one can hear.
An Owl on the Moon: A Journal from the Edge of Darkness
Craig Froman
Being in jail is by far the hardest thing I have ever done. During the past several days, I have had a lot of time to think
and I believe that I am learning and growing from this experience ... I would hope going forward that the public and the media
will focus on more important things like the men and women serving our country in Iraq and other places around the world.
Paris Hilton
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
Nelson Mandela
Any one who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. It is
the people brought up in the gay intimacy of the slums, Paul learned, who find prison so soul-destroying.
Evelyn Waugh
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