Quotes About Acquisition

Tic Tacs you actually swallow, though," Esther pointed out. "You own a Tic Tac. Gum is just borrowed.

The Knowledge Formula: The More You Know, the More You Can Know

L'Eglise a un bon estomac, elle a dévoré des pays entiers sans jamais cependant avoir d'indigestion. L'Eglise seule, mes chères dames, peut digérer un bien mal acquis.

Was du nicht verstehen kannst, kannst du nicht besitzen.

Was du ererbt von deinen Vätern hast, erwirb es um es zu besitzen.

Having access to the library was all well and good, but as a collector you had to own the book.

The whole point of collecting is the thrill of acquisition, which must be maximized, and maintained at all costs.

Just after the Second World War Picasso bought a house in the South of France and paid for it with one still-life. Picasso has now in fact transcended the need for money. Whatever he wishes to own, he can acquire by drawing it. The truth has become a little like the fable of Midas.

Science, then, is the reliable acquisition of knowledge about anything, whether it be the vagaries of human nature, the role of great figures in history, or the origins of life itself.

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Learning is to the Studious, and Riches to the Careful. If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him.

You've just inherited rudeness. We've had to work at it.

The major fortunes in America have been made in land.

Life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement.

But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave.

Whoever dies with the most stuff wins.

Money is not the success of life; it is only the power of buying the objects.

being acquisitive on a large scale, cannot have value if it is bought at the expense of others.

Its immoral to steal, but you can take things.

Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for sale is character.

La biblioteca se hace igual con lo que se elige como con lo que queda descartado.

Many things, In order to assure me their lack of existence; become mine

Many things, In order to assure me their lack of existence; became mine

A person who has wisdom understands that the knowledge can only be acquired not common sense,which is already enshrined in everyone even if not being employed by someone.

A person whose life's objective is driven by the desire to only acquire and enjoy material objects is actually negative to the people.