Penitentiary Quotes

It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.

I am in the penitentiary. The only thing that I do is my time.

If this gesture was the way of getting out of the penitentiary, I'd do it.

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

You have had indeed a fair trial. It is a shocking thing when a judge of your high office is shown to have betrayed the truth and his honor, and I sentence you to the penitentiary.

The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its debt in the penitentiary or the poor house.

But we did conclude that Ray had actually killed Dr. King pursuant to his theory that he was going to be able to get hold of that money. He had learned of this offer through his ties in the Missouri State Penitentiary.

I will say that since our capture we have met with uniform kindness, and while in the penitentiary our relations with the officers have been cordially pleasant, and for their considerate and kind disposition we feel profoundly grateful.