Quotes About Ownership

Divorce, she could see, would be like marriage - a power grab, as in who would be the dog, and who would be the owner of the dog.

Visit a place at night, she knew, and it was yours.

She kept wandering in and out of the rooms, wondering where she had put things. She went downstairs into the basement for no reason at all except that it amused her to own a basement. It also amused her to own a tree. Her parents, in Maryland, had been very pleased that one of their children had at last been able to afford real estate, and when she closed on the house they sent her flowers with a congratulations card.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

Remember, if you have a problem, it's your problem. Solve it. Don't blame other people. Don't burden people with your complaints. Ninety percent of the people you meet don't care about your troubles. The other 10 percent are glad you have them.

to believe there's so many dogs that all look the same.' Nancy smiled to herself. Red Dog was everybody's dog now

difference between a child and an adult is not years, rather it's a willingness to accept responsibility, to be responsible for one's own actions.

when one has possessions he is as often possessed by them as possessing them.

This is our bed. Keep it clean.

for what man does not love that which he himself has built?

Often the small rancher did not even own a bull. He let his cows roam the free range, profiting from the bulls owned by the

stiffened and his eyes narrowed. "You seem to forget that you are the girl I'm to marry," he said, in a tone less harsh. "Naturally, I don't want you around like this." "Well, until we are married," she said coldly, "it happens to be none of your business! If you'd like to change

The Warden owns the shade.-Chapter 1.5

The next time I get a cat, I'll kill him. Then he'll never run away," said Kathy.

Amy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward; men seldom do,—for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do; then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it; if it fails, they generously give her the whole.

Up in the garret, where Jo's unquiet wanderings ended, stood four little wooden chests in a row, each marked with its owner's name, and each filled with relics of childhood and girlhood ended now for all.

Mine first -mine last - mine even in the grave! - Tempest

Mine first—mine last— mine even in the grave!

I could love you, I could kill you. I want this. This is how I make my mark, this is where I plant my flag, this is how I stake my claim, this is how I deny you, this is how I claim you, this is what you owe me, this is what I am taking, this is how I know I'm alive.

Already a mature businessman, he relied on Andrews only as a technician and assumed control of all other aspects of the business.

Meanwhile, with a stigma attached to foreign holdings

From the start, he owned more shares of Standard Oil than anybody else and exploited every opportunity to augment his stake.

Commodore Vanderbilt's death was a pivotal moment in the shift of business from family to public ownership—a transition rich in possibilities for Pierpont Morgan.

Though he owned 27.4 percent of Standard Oil stock—three times the amount held by Flagler, the next largest shareholder