(58 quotes found)
“I can't mate in captivity”
Gloria Steinem
“So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their wa”
quran
“Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: / Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; / And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; / Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.”
Bible
“Captive Audience”
David Ives
“Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in the same cage, and so we've grown used to each other. That's what passes for love at this dim, shadowy end of the Camino Real.”
Tennessee Williams
“We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists.”
Walter Lippmann
“Every day I was in captivity, I prayed for a miracle, ... It was delivered in the form of Rev. Jackson and his delegation.”
Christopher Stone
“I'd say for myself personally, the lowest point was probably a couple of weeks into the captivity after a week of isolation, ... Just prior to our Red Cross visit may have been the hardest time.”
“He is exhausted and would die in prison if he stays in captivity another year.”
Badia Aref
“Many species can't be bred in captivity,”
Cynthia Carey
