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Lock Quotes

Quotes on locking in success, security, and difficult political debates.

These quotes use 'lock' in several senses, from a call to educate people rather than lock them up to a description of a quarterback learning to lock in his feet for better performance. Each usage reflects a different kind of security or certainty.

We'll get way further if we educate people and not lock them up.

Quotes by Ty Dolla Sign

Donovan McNabb has great, fast feet and has learned to lock them in to run the Eagles' offense effectively.

Quotes by Steve Young

While I remain troubled by the Corps' inability to fully justify the Model they used for their commercial traffic predictions, America clearly has an aging lock and dam infrastructure on the Mississippi.

Quotes by Ron Kind

I grew up in Brownsville; most of the kids I grew up with went to jail, not Yale. If they had heard of Yale, they thought it was a lock to pick.

Quotes by Mitch Leigh

Aging Quotes

There's going to be no compromise on repealing Obamacare lock, stock and barrel.

Quotes by Mike Pence

Maternity bras are the Alcatraz under-wear. If they were a door they'd have a mortise lock, a padlock and the rest.

Quotes by Mel Giedroyc

When Jack Swagger copies my Ankle Lock and Randy Orton does my Angle Slam, it's disrespectful. I didn't come up with the Ankle Lock; Ken Shamrock came up with the Ankle Lock, but I waited until he retired to do...

Quotes by Kurt Angle

So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary software to advance my agenda of becoming the best at breaking through the lock.

Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

We can't begin to feed ourselves with a local-centric system if we lock up land in royal manor models.

Quotes by Joel Salatin

Alone Quotes

I'm an equal-opportunity law-enforcement guy - I lock everybody up.

Quotes by Joe Arpaio

When I'm in bed with a woman, my favorite move is a wrestling hold called the lip lock.

Quotes by Jerry Lawler

I used to lock myself in my room and memorize scenes from films and reenact them when I was alone.

Quotes by India Eisley

The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane.

Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

Previously, on Lock, Stock, I went to bed at two in the morning and woke up at five in the morning, and on this one I was known to nod off on the set occasionally.

Quotes by Guy Ritchie

America Quotes

I was afraid my family would lock me up and give me electroshock. I was a screaming queen.

Quotes by Gilbert Baker

I am delighted to be working with Guy Ritchie on 'King Arthur,' who's been a boyhood hero of mine ever since 'Lock, Stock' and 'Snatch.'

Quotes by Freddie Fox

I had seen 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' and I thought that was a different kind of film than I'd seen before, with that kind of editing and slick camera movements.

Quotes by Dennis Farina

Facebook is the first class of social networking. If MySpace is Camden Lock then Facebook is Harvey Nichols.

Quotes by Claudia Winkleman

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

Quotes by Christopher Morley

Barrel Quotes

Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.

Quotes by Cat Power

Frequently Asked Questions

What do the "Lock" quotes cover?
They use "lock" in several ways — locking people up as a policy critique, a lock as a slang term for something impossible, and locking in footwork as an athletic skill.
Why search for quotes with the word "lock"?
The word spans criminal justice, idiom, and sports technique, so people look here depending on which sense of "lock" they need.
What does the quote about educating people instead of locking them up mean?
It argues that investing in education would do more good than incarceration, framed as a policy preference rather than a statement about any specific case.
What does "repealing Obamacare lock, stock and barrel" mean?
It's an idiom meaning repealing the law entirely and completely, using "lock" here as part of a set phrase for total removal, referenced here as part of a broader America policy debate rather than a detailed argument about the law itself.
What does the quote about Donovan McNabb's footwork describe?
It praises his ability to lock his feet into position quickly, crediting that technique with helping him run the Eagles' offense effectively.

One quote recalls growing up where prison, not college, felt like the expected path, while another references a debate over repealing legislation lock, stock and barrel, presented without taking a side. See America and Alone quotes.