Arizona State Prison

Famous quotes containing the words arizona, state and/or prison:

    “The Great Arizona Desert is full of the bleaching bones of people who waited for me to start something.”
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)

    “The superficiality of the American is the result of his hustling. It needs leisure to think things out; it needs leisure to mature. People in a hurry cannot think, cannot grow, nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility.”
    —Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

    “They are sworn enemies of lyric poetry.
    In prison they accompany the jailer,
    Enter cells to hear confessions.
    Their short-end comes down
    When you least expect it.”
    —Charles Simic (b. 1938)