Famous Quotes & Sayings

Smokey Robinson

I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God

Snoop Dogg

People don't understand that you can actually lose your life going to jail. There's more violence in the jail-house than there is on the streets.

Michael Isikoff

If - you know, it seems to me that if we see Matt Cooper being carted off to jail today, a lot of people may find that, you know, a very upsetting thing.

Mort Sahl

Every time the Russians throw an American in jail, the Committee throws an American in jail to get even.

All we need to do is let the jailer run the jail.

Bill Cunningham

All but these two are back at the jail now.

Robert Novak

they're not going to jail because of me.

Steve Earle

I have a theory that the people who cook in jails are British chefs.

Seth Shostak

Neil Armstrong was no Christopher Columbus. In most respects, he was better. Unlike the famous fifteenth century seafarer, Armstrong knew where he landed. He also spent his time in public service, not in jail, and his passing was marked by world-wide encomiums. He ended his days as a celebrated explorer rather than a royal inconvenience.

Leonard Peltier

They still don't want to admit to the world that this isn't the best and the fairest and most equal justice system. And that they are guilty of railroading people into jail. They don't want to, or never will, admit these things.

Stephen Leacock

You frequently ask, where are the friends of your childhood, and urge that they shall be brought back to you. As far as I am able to learn, those of your friends who are not in jail are still right there in your native village. You point out that they were wont to share your gambols, If so, you are certainly entitled to have theirs now.

Shannen Doherty

I'm unbelievably claustrophobic, and I have really bad anxiety. There were a few moment when I was very dramatic and thought, 'I'm not going to live through this. I'm going to hyperventilate and just die. Right here in jail.'

Tommy Chong

Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.

Tommy Chong

When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.

Tom Lehrer

And although I'm all for freedom of expression and against censorship, there are certain things I'm not willing to go to jail for.

Tommy Lee

It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me.

Tom Waits

I did my time in the jail of your arms

Steven Biko

I'm going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I'm not going to be what you want me to be.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

I don't play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I'm breaking out of jail!

You have to have a jail before you can have security.

I've never been to jail before. I was married to a lawyer for 31 years. I'm a peaceful person.

Richelle Mead

You have an interesting set of morals," he observed. "Breaking out of jail is okay. But steal a car, and you sound totally outraged.

Russell Brand

Addiction is a serious desease; it will end with jail, mental institutions, or death.

Tyler Perry

Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive.

Quentin Tarantino

I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.

Polly Toynbee

But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes.

Sandra Day O'Connor

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.

Sanjay Dutt

I would never go into the 'Bigg Boss' house even in a hypothetical situation. I have been to jail, so if I were to be confined in that house, I'd get rattled.

Sarah Polley

It's not that I don't want to become famous or that I'm obsessed by my work as an actress, but it's all about not limiting myself, such as putting myself in a little jail that I can escape from.

Ricky Martin

Getting caught masturbating sucks. I got caught masturbating in jail 7 or 8 times, it really sucks.

Tupac Shakur

I don't have to talk about whether or not I got raped in jail.

Tupac Shakur

What I learned in jail is that I can't change. I can't live a different lifestyle - this is it. This is the life that they gave and this is the life that I made.

Tupac Shakur

I just spent 11 and a half months in a maximum-security jail, got shot five times, and was wrongly convicted of a crime I didn't commit.