57 Quotes About Captivity

People who blame are always looking to "get out" of something, but like quicksand, the more they struggle the more they are captive.

Cage an eagle and it will bite at the wires, be they ofiron or of gold.

The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison.

To take a group of people captive means those who take them captive are themselves also in captivity.

From the pavement, I could see the window of Albertine’s room, that window, formerly quite black, at night, when she was not staying in the house, which the electric light inside, dissected by the slats of the shutters, striped from top to bottom with parallel bars of gold.

What we're trying to do is trying to have reproduction of species in captivity so that if we do lose them in the wild, there's an option.

I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.

I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.