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Monday, June 17th, 2024
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Prison'

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I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Charles W. Colson, American Lawyer (1931-  )
I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930.
Gregory Corso, American Poet (1930-2001)
Sadly, every year hundreds of children are victimized by a convicted sexual offender. Convicted predators should be put in prison where they belong and kept away from our Nation's children.
Jim Costa, American Politician (1952-  )
I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general.
Angela Davis, American Activist (1944-  )
May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin.
Sammy Davis, Jr., American Entertainer (1925-1990)
While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
Eugene V. Debs, American Politician (1855-1926)
But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely.
Janice Dickinson, American Model (1953-  )
He who sells what isn't his'n, Must buy it back or go to prison.
Daniel Drew, American Businessman (1797-1879)
Why would anyone expect Tyson to come out smarter? He went to prison for four years, not Princeton.
Lou Duva, American Coach (1922-  )
If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President (1890-1969)
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Philip Emeagwali, Scientist
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Philip Emeagwali, Scientist
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
Mike Epps, American Comedian (1970-  )
I was separated from my wife at the time. A lot of people think I wrote it about prison.
Freddy Fender, American Musician (1937-  )
I'm still friendly with Dean. He still calls me on the phone from time to time. John Dean was fired and later ended up spending some time in prison for his role in Watergate.
Fred F. Fielding, American Lawyer (1939-  )
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
W. C. Fields, American Comedian (1880-1946)
When I left prison, I had to figure out how to embrace my past.
Fernando Flores, Chilean Politician (1943-  )
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher (1917-1990)
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
Michel Foucault, French Historian (1926-1984)
 
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