#prison

It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship. ↗

— Corazon Aquino

#cells #democracy #dictatorship #eat #freedom

Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch. ↗

— Craig Charles

#circle #else #friends #i #i can

I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930. ↗

— Gregory Corso

#fortunate #i #i remember #knew #know

Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so. ↗

— Barney Frank

#good #keeping #lawyers #out #prison

Prison make you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster. ↗

— Suge Knight

#character #faster #judge #make #much

If I spent ten years in prison, I’d probably come to value the small things in life. Things like good food, a comfy bed, and a toothbrush sharpened into a shank. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#prison #food

The subsistence mentality of a person is a prison in which his personal joy is detained. If you want to live in joy, you don't live for yourself alone. Live for others too! ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#detain #egoism #food-for-thought #generous #happiness

The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century. ↗

— Sinclair Lewis

#barbarian #century #class #middle #middle class

Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage. ↗

— Richard Lovelace

#cage #iron #make #nor #prison

I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages. ↗

— Christopher Love

#finished #going #i #i am #now