Peter Singer

There is no excuse for keeping wild animals in amusement parks or circuses. Until our governments take action, we should avoid supporting places where captive wild animals perform for our amusement. If the public will not pay to see them, the businesses that profit from keeping animals captive will not be able to continue.

Australian Philosopher

Philomena Kwao

While education is hugely important, the ways in which women are portrayed in their communities are equally important. Portraying women as victims keeps women in a captive space and denies them of their agency: their ability to fight back and take ownership of their situation.

Matt Haig

Robots are great. I am saying that now so that when a future civilization of robots takes us captive, they will search through the 'Guardian' web archive and realise I said, 'Robots are great,' and then they'll choose to save me.

British Novelist

Rowan Williams

The answer was that in Burundi, having a clean bill of health has taken on a very particular meaning: unless and until you have paid for your hospital treatment, you simply can't leave, you are in effect a captive.

English Theologian

Patty Jenkins

Movies always had a captive audience, so they were able to do deeper, more complex things. Television was always about, 'Look at me now! Look at me now! Now go away!' That's starting to change.

American Director

Giordano Bruno

Divine love does not weigh down, nor carry his servant captive and enslaved to the lowest depths, but raises him, supports him and magnifies him above all liberty whatsoever.

Italian Philosopher

Gore Vidal

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.

American Novelist

Jessy Schram

In 'Falling Skies,' I was playing a soldier and a fighter, and then, when I was taken captive, you're still in this post-apocalyptic world.

American Actress

Walter Lippmann

We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists.

American Journalist

Sitting Bull

What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.

Statesman

Describing an emotional state where someone feels restricted, like in a metaphorical prison.

Metaphorical Use

Captivity might not be physical; it can refer to being controlled by a situation or emotions.

Not Always Physical

Often used in contexts where someone or something is being freed.

Release Context

A 'captive market' refers to consumers who have limited choice and must buy certain products.

Market Specific

A 'captive audience' means listeners have to pay attention, often because they can’t leave.

Undivided Attention

Differentiate 'captive animals' in zoos from those in their natural habitats.

Zoo vs. Wild

Captive breeding is for conservation purposes, aiding endangered species survival.

Conservation Efforts

When a company is 'captive', it's typically under the control of a larger firm.

Corporate Control

Captive markets lack free market competition, leading to fewer choices for consumers.

Not Free Market

 Some captives took matters into their own hands. Many inland Africans had never seen whites before, and thought them to be cannibals, constantly taking people away and returning for more. Afraid of being eaten, or just to avoid further suffering, they committed suicide or starved themselves,

The Atlantic slave...

 have to raise their hands in surviving can't stay at home stay at home they'll be taken captive and forced to be soldier I went to a displacement event where it's trying to help people understand what these kids are going through to be displaced from their homes

Creating globally minded...

 that box it's a totally different world mum has a total of five reluctant youngsters to try to coax into an uncertain future any time you deal with captive animals you're going to see not only the births which are very exciting

Baby Ferret Training...

Adorable Baby Animal...

 thousand miles from london and a world away from captive breeding i'm here to meet another animal family but a family with a difference just outside nairobi is a david sheldrick wildlife trust orphanage i'm on the milk round

Feeding Baby Orphaned...

 habitats. So captive populations and breeding programs are vital for insurance populations for the wild. They also give people an opportunity to actually experience what a red panda is and raise awareness

Are Red Pandas Friendly?...

 Today, at least one out of three people on the planet have access to the Internet. But part of this Internet is being held captive by the less noble aspects of our human behavior. Five years ago, I said,

Let's design social...

 with the iii's home on the island of madagascar being destroyed by human activity every little captive ai is becoming increasingly important because of their quirky looks an elusive nocturnal lifestyle

Encouraging A New-Born...

 my job my passion or what I'm trying to explore and share is the fact that we are throwing away the ark which is my attempt to document as many of the world's captive species as I can before

Proof: Joel Sartore on...

 this chick and her younger sibling have come from a pair of captive barn owls as they grow they'll give us a rare and incredible opportunity to learn more about these secretive birds