Prison Reentry Quotes & Sayings

I went through what I went through because God said go through it — Allen Iverson

Unfortunately, all the things I've created so far in my life never would've showed up if I "waited" to feel motivated, inspired, and ready to roll. — Alexander Heyne

Around here, I'm pretty sure 'us' means Texans, and 'them' means the other seven billion on the planet. — Marcus Sakey

Brent and I are ... friends.
And fuck me, the benefits are fantastic — Emma Chase

Greatness depends on where you are coming from. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Many criminologists believe that the source of the state's pacifying effect isn't just its brute coercive power but the trust it commands among the populace. After all, no state can post an informant in every pub and farmhouse to monitor breaches of the law, and those that try are totalitarian dictatorships that rule by fear, not civilized societies where people coexist through self-control and empathy. A Leviathan can civilize a society only when the citizens feel that its laws, law enforcement, and other social arrangements are legitimate, so that they don't fall back on their worst impulses as soon as Leviathan's back is turned. — Steven Pinker

That easy, confident grin returned. "Don't worry, it's easily forgotten."
"Well," I said huffily, "it shouldn't be that easily forgotten."
"Would you like it better if I say I'll eventually forget it but not without a great deal of struggle and torment?"
"Yes."
"Done. — Richelle Mead

I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy. — Rachel Dratch

Socialism is workable only in heaven where it isn't needed, and in hell where they've got it. — Cecil Palmer

Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves feel better, not us. To be honest, I don't blame them. It's superstition: If you give assistance to the family in need ... if you throw salt over your shoulder ... if you don't step on the cracks, then maybe you'll be immune. Maybe you'll be able to convince yourself that this could never happen to you. — Jodi Picoult

I'm the world's greatest wrestler, the world's greatest singer, the world's greatest entertainer. — Jeff Jarrett

I recommend to you, in my last, an innocent piece of art: that of flattering people behind their backs, in presence of those who, to make their own court, much more than for your sake, will not fail to repeat, and even amplify, the praise to the party concerned. This is of all flattery the most pleasing, and consequently the most effectual. — Doug Stanhope