Jennifer Haigh Quotes

You don't need a lot of credentials to be prison guard in a federal prison. And, you know, you give them a set of keys and a weapon, and they're in power.

We are gifted with freedom, but with that freedom comes the reality of the unknown and the responsibility to be aware of our surroundings and on guard against those who would do us harm.

I was gladly cuffed, shackled, loaded into the caged bus and driven through the main gate of Bare Hill Correctional Facility for what I pray to God will be forever.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.

When you're in prison, and we're left to our own devices, you're stripped of everything, and you really get to see who these people are, the good and the bad.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

I will say that the prison regime is rather a good one for a writer because you have plenty of time to write.

I did get to Beersheba [in Israel], but only to prison there. It was actually very nice, with television and free international calls. I would recommend it even over many hotels I have known. It was a shame to leave.

If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison.

The only time you can be completely free from risk is when you're in prison.

Jail was terrible. It was a nightmare.

When you go to jail, you are under the supervision of the state. You are housed with people who are criminals, so that becomes the expectation. People learn to become better criminals in jail and prison.

It is shocking how much a day-care center is like a prison. They both have security cameras with walled exercise yards. Prisons are permanent day cares for people permanently in time-out - convicts.

Letting your guard down and the world into your home is very risky, I know.

No, I didn't hear about 'Live Aid.' I was in prison, and we were not allowed newspapers in prison.

When I got the call to guard Magic, I knew that I could cause him a lot of problems.

He frosted under heavy guard.

You will never be completely free from risk if you're free. The only time you can be free from risk is when you're in prison.

By the way, a gendarme assured me this is not a prison.

You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked a belief? I see nothing particularly courageous about risking one's life. So you lose it, you go to your hero's heaven and everything is milk and honey 'til the end of time. Right? You get your reward and suffer no earthly consequences. That's not courage. Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness. Real courage is risking one's clichés.

The best approach here, if at all possible, is to use supervisory and regulatory methods to restrain undue risk-taking and to make sure the system is resilient in case an asset-price bubble bursts in the future.

Virtue's a stronger guard than brass.

Sometimes we are to guard our heart...protect it from invasion and keep things safe and secure. Sometimes we should give our heart... let certain qualities out and release them to others

When I say the people around me, I mean the prisoners, the guards.

And don't you let your guard down for a second because you think anything's inevitable.