Open Air Prison Quotes & Sayings

Government by kings was first introduced into the world by the Heathens, from whom the children of Israel copied the custom. It was the most prosperous invention the Devil ever set on foot for the promotion of idolatry. The Heathens paid divine honours to their deceased kings, and the Christian world hath improved on the plan, by doing the same to their living ones. How impious is the title of sacred majesty applied to a worm, who in the midst of his splendor is crumbling into dust! — Thomas Paine

Scholars who are worth anything at all never know what is call "a hard grind" or what "bitter study" means. — Lin Yutang

You can't win a fight with a fight. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Religion is a bell jar; you cannot find God in that jar, because it is your bell jar, you have created it! Break the glass prison and get fresh air, elevate your intelligence! Wake up and open your eyes; see the truth beyond your prison! If you can't break the glass, don't worry; science will do it for you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The man who speaks with primordial images, speaks with a thousand tongues. — Carl Jung

I can't fix my mouth to say how I feel. — Alice Walker

It hardly takes more than a day in Gaza to begin to appreciate what it must be like to try to survive in the world's largest open-air prison. — Noam Chomsky

Always ailing though never with any specific — Elizabeth Goudge

Gaza is often described as 'the world's largest open air prison' because no one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons - they don't have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost everyday. — Banksy

His love became a prison from which he longed to escape, but he had not the strength merely to open the door-that was all it needed-and walk out into the open air. It was torture and at last he became numb and hopeless. — W. Somerset Maugham

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest joy for all humankind. — Nichiren

Half the published articles on Gaza contain a standard reference to its resemblance to a vast open-air prison (and when I last saw it under Israeli occupation it certainly did deserve this metaphor). The problem is that, given its ideology and its allies, Hamas qualifies rather too well in the capacity of guard and warder. — Christopher Hitchens

You are as free as a prisoner in an open air prison — Bangambiki Habyarimana

God designed husbands and wives to complete each other, not to compete with each other. — Jimmy Evans

A lot of players go into a restaurant and ask for a special table. I go and stand in line with the working people. It's very easy to get spoiled playing professional sports. — Johnny Damon

We're totally different people from when we first met, but I still love her and she loves me, after all this time.

And this weekend I'm going to meet her in person. — Hannah Moskowitz

All the talking in the world couldn't even prove you and the other person both saw the same color red. — L.J.Smith