Quotes About Ownership

We have two dogs, Mabel and Wolf, and three cats at home, Charlie, George and Chairman. We have two cats on our farm, Tom and Little Sister, two horses, and two mini horses, Hannah and Tricky. We also have two cows, Holy and Madonna. And those are only the animals we let sleep in our bed.

There's even a name for the people who have the most stuff. They're called hoarders. Back in the day they were just called grandmothers.

As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.

In the end there is nothing to be done but to state clearly what has been done, without shame or regret, and say: Here I am, and this is what I am. Now deal with me as you see fit. That is your right. Mine is to stand by the act, and pay the price. You do what you must do, and pay for it. So in the end all things are simple.

He rarely saw a doorway without advancing through it as if he owned it. Since he owned a good many doorways, he would have pointed out that this was a reasonable assumption.

I have bought a house, but not possessedit." She was quite sure that the look in her eyes rivaled that of any light skirts on the streets of London. "And I am sold, but not yet enjoyed.

He smelled like the soap she bought for guests. It made her happy, as if she owned a small part of him. As if she had changed him.

Man's feet are the measure for distance, his hands are the measure for ownership, his body is the measure for all that is lovable and desirable and strong. Then I went further: it was then that I called to you for the first time, and you would not come.

I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm.

Who among us, left to himself, would not take up space, air itself, and regard himself as its owner?

I still own my heart, which I know because it hurts so much.

Te amo, Sandokan; te amo como nunca mujer alguna amó sobre la tierra! Sandokan la acarició dulcemente y sus labios besaron los dorados cabellos y la nívea frente de la joven. -¡Ay de quien te toque ahora, que ya eres mía!

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.

All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.

To sum up, the world is mine without effort of mine, and the world has not the slightest hold on me.

We do not attach ourselves permanently to any possessions, excepting in proportion to the trouble, toil and longing which they have cost us.

Que maravilla! Me basta con que él esté a mi lado; no necesito que sea mío. Todo el mundo disfruta recostándose bajo los grandes árboles que crecen en el parque, y pese a todo, esos árboles no pertenecen a nadie.

Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It's yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse--what I am is beyond my control--for the philosophy of responsibility.

My eyes had actual tears, and I thought: It's like this play is happening TO me. Inside me. I wanted to own it. I wanted to eat it, as

Except she wasn't Vicki Bell anymore. She was Vicki Bell Beaudry, owner of the Red Fox with her husband, Rob, whose family was nearly as rooted in Bell Valley as the Bell family was, hence a questionable welcome there, too.

How to describe what she felt as she stood at the head of an all-new cobblestone drive looking at the rebuilt facade of what had once been a weary old Cape? There was relief that the hard work was done, and surprise—always surprise—that everything had come together so well. There was also a sense of ownership. Caroline hadn't asked to be the mouthpiece of the show, but after nearly ten years as host, it was her baby as much as anyone's. Gut

If we give up on having library collections (digital or otherwise) and outsource access to and preservation of knowledge to corporations, we will have neither access nor preservation.

We are all proprietary toward cities we love. 'Ah, you should have seen her when I loved her!' we say, reciting glories since faded or defiled, trusting her to no one else; that others should know and love her in her present fallen state (for she must fall without our vigilant love) is a species of betrayal.