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Quotes About Ownership

If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.
~ Ludwig von Mises
Hollywood wants to own everything. I don't want to own anything. I don't want people just to make content, I want to empower and teach them to create content they own that they can exploit in any medium.
~ Robert Rodriguez
High school teachers who want to get reluctant readers turned around need to give the students some say in the reading list. Make it collaborative: The students will feel ownership, and everyone will dig in.
~ Dave Eggers
I loved being on the field playing and teaching softball. I didn't like the fact that a camp had my name on it and I didn't know the logistics of what was going on. I wanted to make sure I was involved in a camp that did things right.
~ Jennie Finch
The NBA believes if you play for a team and get paid by a team, you're the property of that team for 24 hours a day.
~ Dennis Rodman
I've had some incredible experiences with this organization. I owe a lot to this team and this organization and the ownership. I don't want to see that time come to an end, my time as a Cub.
~ Jake Arrieta
Being a leader requires being confident enough in your own decisions and those of your team to own them when they fail. The very best leaders take the blame but share the credit.
~ Travis Bradberry
There are no excuses in fighting. You can be playing a team sport and have a good game, and you can lose. In fighting, it's all on me. If I go out there and lose, then it's my fault. I like that.
~ Alexander Volkanovski
When something goes wrong on the field, we expect our players to take the blame, step up, and proactively assume the blame for it, even if it's not their fault. That's the way to be a good teammate.
~ Theo Epstein
Just imagine how fast, innovative and excellent your business will be once every single teammate - from the janitor to the executive - begins to see themselves as the CEO of their own area of responsibility.
~ Robin S. Sharma
If you are going to call out your teammates, you have to call out yourself, too. You can't just separate yourself from the rest, because if you are going to get 90 percent of the credit when you win, you have to be willing to take 90 percent of the blame when you lose.
~ Jeff Van Gundy
We named the book 'Extreme Ownership' because we really found that when we looked at not only at leaders but at teams that were the most successful, we found that the ones that had this attitude of extreme ownership were the ones that did the best, and it's definitely an attitude that I had.
~ Jocko Willink
Owners own teams so that they might move them to another municipality with better luxury boxes.
~ Frank Deford
The NBA has made it clear they want fan bases to be able to keep their teams.
~ Steve Ballmer
Siamo tutti responsabili delle nostre esistenze... e dobbiamo vivere con le conseguenze delle scelte che facciamo.
~ Richelle Mead
It has the pictures of my people, the books I love, the music I hear. I guess it is really just a wooden box to hold a life in, for days or decades, until someone else takes it over.
~ Rick Bragg
Because everyone is an expert when it's not their dog in the road.
~ Rick Bragg
You get to thinking of a place as yours, after a while, and you grit your teeth over the Red Bull cans and Mountain Dew bottles and takeout chicken bones scattered through one of the prettiest places on earth. But while any half-wit can toss their trash out into a country road, it takes a rarefied, soulless son of a bitch to slink out here to throw away a good dog. He
~ Rick Bragg
You don't get a free lunch until you can afford to buy the restaurant
~ Rick DePiro
Merely owning a firearm or having a CPL does not automatically make you a gun rights advocate. In fact, you don't need either.
~ Rick Ector
the task of preserving capitalism was too important to leave to the capitalists.
~ Rick Perlstein
The task of defending capitalism was still important to leave to the capitalists.
~ Rick Perlstein
When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home.
~ Rick Perry
We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business.
~ Rick Perry