Jail Quotes - Page 8

• I don't know how a judge can concentrate on being fair and impartial when he or she is faced with possible jail time for making a decision that others deem incorrect.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Jail Time, Judging, Decision

  "My Exclusive Interview with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2009.

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• A man cannot free himself by any self-denying ordinances, neither by water nor potatoes, nor by violent possibilities, by refusing to swear, refusing to pay taxes, by going to jail, or by taking another man's crops or squatting on his land. By none of these ways can he free himself; no, nor by paying his debts with money; only by obedience to his own genius.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Self, Land

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• Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with his quantum, and he cannot give to one without robbing another. I very well know to whom I would give the first place in my friendship, but they are not in the way, I am condemned to another scene, and therefore I distribute it in pennyworths to those about me, and who displease me least, and should do the same to my fellow prisoners if I were condemned to a jail.

  Jonathan Swift

  Friends, Believe, Men

  Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (1859). “The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: With Copious Notes and Additions and a Memoir of the Author”, p.359

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• LL Cool J was a rapper-turned-actor, and I also relate to him because he was sort of a ladies' man and had a female fan base, but yet he's a positive dude. You never read about him getting into trouble or going to jail.

  Bow Wow

  Men, Rapper, Fans

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• Being incarcerated is truly very serious, and it has changed my life to such an extent that breaking the cycle has become my sole focus. Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.

  Ja Rule

  Focus, Serious, Sole

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It was hell, hugging my Mama from a jail cell.

  Tupac Shakur

  Cells, Order, Law

  Song: Dear Mama

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• I will gladly go to jail in the name of free speech. I have no problem with what I said. Make me a martyr.

  Joey Barton

  Football, Stupid, Names

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• ...a common observation, that few are mended by imprisonment, and that he, whose crimes have made confinement necessary, seldom makes any other use of his enlargement, than to do, with greater cunning, what he did before with less.

  Samuel Johnson

  Use, Enlargement, Common

  Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins (1787). “The Works: Together With His Life, And Notes On His Life Of The Poets”, p.6

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• It's a time in my life that I'm glad it's behind me. I've had time to reflect on the whole thing. I want to talk about it one time and kind of lay it to rest. I'm ready to put it behind me. I've learned my lesson. I don't recommend the experience I had to anyone, really. It's not something that was fun. It's not a destination you would choose.

  Jayson Werth

  Fun, Lessons, Want

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• I don't want this to be a distraction. This has been distracting enough. I'm not going to rehash this going forward. I'm sure other people are going to have questions about it, but we've got a big season coming up.

  Jayson Werth

  People, Want, Distraction

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• What I didn't realize was the severity of the crime, so to speak. I think that's important. That's one of the lessons learned here. You move to a new area, you really need to be sure of what the laws and penalties are. You hear those things. You hear, 'Don't speed in Virginia' when you get here, just in casual conversations. What's left out is why you don't speed in Virginia. I learned the hard way, that's for sure.

  Jayson Werth

  Moving, Thinking, Law

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• You get taken in, and they give you a jumpsuit, which are a lot more comfortable than you'd think. It depends on where you go - what floor or what cellblock. For me, you go in, and you're just in with a bunch of other people who are in serving their time. You're just in there. It's just boring. You're in detention, essentially.

  Jayson Werth

  Taken, Thinking, People

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• I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance.

  Randy Quaid

  Running, Santa Barbara, Wind

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• I think there is a heritage which I’m proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Father, Fighting

  "Q&A with George Papandreou". Interview with Nicole Itano, papandreou.gr. April 12, 2010.

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• I want to get out in the community and make sure everyone knows I'm not some renegade driver that's out there and irresponsible and reckless. I really think this is just a one-time thing. You live and learn. If you do the crime, you do the time, so to speak. With that said, I got a lot going for me. I got a great job, a great career, a great family. This is just a little bump in the road. My spirit's not broke. I'm not down and out by any means.

  Jayson Werth

  Jobs, Mean, Thinking

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• Cop comes down the street crazy as a loon, he throws us in jail for carrying harpoons.

  Bob Dylan

  Crazy, Insanity, Cop

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• I well remember how the thoughts I had up to the time of my discharge from the jail on every occasion were modified immediately after discharge, and after getting first-hand information myself. Somehow or other the jail atmosphere does not allow you to have all the bearings in your mind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Freedom, Hands, Atmosphere

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.158, Vintage

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• My little cousin Jimmy told me in jail he was a drag queen.

  Master P

  Cousin, Queens, Littles

  Song: Snitches

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• As long as you hate your enemy, a jail door is closed and a prisoner is taken. But when you try to understand and release your foe from your hatred, then the prisoner is released and that prisoner is you.

  Max Lucado

  God, Christian, Religious

  Max Lucado (2010). “Chronicles of the Cross Collection”, p.243, Harper Collins

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• You pass the old L.A. County jail, which is surprisingly beautiful. It's got a handsome stone facade and stately columns. The new L.A. County jail - called The Twin Towers - isn't beautiful at all; it's a stucco panopticon the color of sick flesh.

  Leslie Jamison

  Beautiful, Color, Sick

  Leslie Jamison (2014). “The Empathy Exams: Essays”, p.72, Granta Books

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• I went to jail 44 times. I've been beaten and left for dead on the side of the road fighting for freedom. . . . Yet Rosa Parks is better known in history than Ralph David Abernathy. Why is that?

  Ralph Abernathy

  Fighting, Parks, Sides

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• I am a writer, I deal in words. There is no word that should stay in word jail, every word is completely free. There is no word that is worse than another word. It's all language, it's all communication.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Communication, Language, Should

  Source: creativescreenwriting.com

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• For me, soldiers are all equal. Those black people wore your same uniform, fought on your side, and so you will be in the same jail.

  Erwin Rommel

  Your Side, People, Soldier

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• My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in.

  Natalia Kills

  Growing Up, Dad, Long

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• When I was in jail I could only think about what the average person has to go through - the person who has no power to go to the press or no money to hire a lawyer.

  Josh Brolin

  Thinking, Average, Lawyer

  "Double trouble" by Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2008.

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