Wardens Quotes

• Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police.

  August Strindberg

  Police, Society, Officials

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• I hate the endless admonishments of a nanny state that lives in fear of its lawyers. While colonies of dim-witted traffic wardens swarm about looking for minor parking infringements, nobody seems to notice that our very social fabric is falling apart.

  Christopher Fowler

  Hate, Fall, Fabric

  Christopher Fowler (2010). “The Victoria Vanishes: (Bryant and May Book 6)”, p.248, Random House

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• Chained in a cell, got my own private hell. Preacher crucifies me, warden wants to fry me.

  Alice Cooper

  Cells, Order, Law

  Song: Wind-Up Toy, Album: Hey Stoopid, 1991

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• Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

  Geoffrey Chaucer

  Powerful, Age, Literature

  Geoffrey Chaucer (1959). “The Canterbury Tales”

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• When we talk about justice in America we're really talking about justice brought about by the people, not by judges who are tools of the establishment or prosecutors who are are equally tools of the establishment or the wardens or the police officers.

  William Kunstler

  America, Talking, People

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• Put your trust in the Lord....your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.

  Bob Gunton

  Redemption, Welcome, Ass

  "Fictional character: Warden Samuel Norton". "The Shawshank Redemption", www.imdb.com. 1994.

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• Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Trouble, Ends, Said

  Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Uglies”, p.406, Simon and Schuster

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• Just take it from me," Donovan said. "Stay well clear of the warden. Some here think he's the devil. I don't, I don't believe in that religious talk, but I know evil when I see it. He's something rotten they dragged from the bowels of the earth, something they patched together from darkness and filth. He'll be the death of us all, every single one of us here in Furnace. Only question is when." "I know one thing," I added. "The warden certainly brings out peoples dramatic sides." Zee and Donovan both laughed through their noses.

  Alexander Gordon Smith

  Religious, Believe, Thinking

  Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 1: Lockdown”, p.89, Faber & Faber

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• God is not a celestial prison warden jangling the keys on a bunch of lifers--he's a shepherd seeking for sheep, a woman searching for coins, a father waiting for his son.

  Clarence Jordan

  God, Christian, Father

  Clarence Jordan (2005). “The Substance of Faith: and Other Cotton Patch Sermons”, p.170, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• If a warden sees cigarette litter being thrown from a car, they will take the number and trace the owner to send them a fine.

  Andrew Jackson

  Numbers, Car, Cigarette

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• My kid wants to be a prison warden when he grows up so he can put thumb tacks on the electric chairs.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Funny, Family, Growing Up

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• In a face, look for the main light and the main shadow; the rest will come naturally — it's often not important. And then you must cultivate your memory, because Nature will only provide you with references. Nature is like a warden in a lunatic asylum. It stops you from becoming banal.

  Edouard Manet

  Memories, Light, Shadow

  "Portrait of Manet by himself and his contemporaries". Book edited by Pierre Courthion, p. 98, 1960.

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• Of course prostitutes have babies. Where do you think traffic wardens come from?

  Dave Dutton

  Baby, Thinking, Traffic

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• Her impulse, her need, to be the corrector of injustices, warden of the downtrodden flock. And

  Khaled Hosseini

  Needs, Injustice, Flocks

  Khaled Hosseini (2013). “And the Mountains Echoed”, p.296, A&C Black

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• I became chairman of the inmates committee. Got into a lot of trouble. Was accused of fomenting a riot. Was accused of plotting to kill the warden.

  Clifford Irving

  Inmates, Trouble, Accused

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• Warden Baggett, thank you so much. You have been so good to me. I love all of you very much. I will see you all when you get there. I will wait for you.

  Karla Faye Tucker

  Waiting, I Will Wait For You, Has Beens

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• As WArden Lawes once said of convicts, no man can be called a failure until he has tried something he really likes, and fails at it.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Men, Likes, Failing

  Sydney J. Harris (1976). “Best of Sydney J. Harris”

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• I'm a golfaholic, no question about that. Counseling wouldn't help me. They'd have to put me in prison, and then I'd talk the warden into building a hole or two and teach him how to play.

  Lee Trevino

  Golf, Play, Two

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• Master, I'm afraid. I am, truly. This place scares me. At home, I know who I am, what to do. I'm the Warden's daughter, I know where I stand. But this is a dangerous place, full of pitfalls. All my life, I've known it was waiting for me, but now I'm not sure I can face it. They'll want to absorb me, make me one of them, and I won't change. I won't! I want to stay me." Jared sighed and she saw his dark gaze was fixed on the veiled window. "Claudia, you're the bravest person I know. And no one will change you. You will rule here, though it won't be easy.

  Catherine Fisher

  Daughter, Home, Dark

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• I'd blurted out the question only to keep him from noticing that I was working my hands free, but the Warden behind me, some young brown-haired surfer dude, yelled a warning. "She's getting loose!" Narc.

  Rachel Caine

  Hands, Warning, Surfer

  Rachel Caine (2011). “Thin Air”, p.194, Allison & Busby

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• I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried being a hermit in the wilderness in New Zealand. I stayed in a warden's hut two-and-a-half hours off the Routeburn Track through the fjords on the South Island. It was early winter, so there was no electricity or running water.

  Jane Campion

  Running, Winter, Cutting

  "Jane Campion: 'I make films so I can have fun with the characters'". Interview with Peter Conrad, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2009.

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• When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players.

  Julius Erving

  Running, Strong, Player

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• Didn't this beat everything? A pretty and an ugly taking a stroll together. The warden came closer, confusion all over his middle-pretty face. Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "Make me pretty.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Confusion, Together, Ugly

  Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Uglies”, p.406, Simon and Schuster

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• Crooked Warden, I will fear no darkness for the night is yours," muttered Locke, pointing the first two fingers of his left hand into the darkness. The Dagger of the Thirteenth, a thief's gesture against evil. "Your night is my cloak, my shield, my escape from those who hunt to feed the noose. I will fear no evil, for you have made the night my friend." "Bless the Benefactor," said Jean, squeezing Locke's left forearm. "Peace and profit to his children.

  Scott Lynch

  Peace, Children, Night

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.1253, Del Rey

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• TO ALL THE ambulance drivers firewatchers air-raid wardens nurses canteen workers airplane spotters rescue workers mathematicians vicars vergers shopgirls chorus girls librarians debutantes spinsters fishermen retired sailors servants evacuees Shakespearean actors and mystery novelists WHO WON THE WAR.

  Connie Willis

  Girl, War, Airplane

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