Quotes About Ownership

Although nothing is known about the origin of the painting or where it was for much of the time before it came into the Chandos family in 1747, it has been said for a long time to be of William Shakespeare.

I'm not the boss of my house. I don't know how I lost it, I don't know when I lost it, I don't really think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss's job...and I don't want it!

Those men had given up parts of their bodies, pieces of their minds, to kill an enemy they couldn't see, to save friends they couldn't forget, to take a piece of ground they couldn't own.

A Memory It came back to me not in the way a thing might be returned to its rightful owner but like dance music traveling in the dark from one end of a lake to the other.

There is nothing we can now call our own, for what we call so is the effect of art; crimes are made by decrees of the senate, or by the votes of the people; and as here-to-fore we are burdened by vices, so now we are oppressed by laws.

Certain authors, speaking of their works, say: My book, My commentary, My history, etc. They resemble middle-class people who have a house of their own and always have My house on their tongue.

This dog is mine, said those poor children; that is my place in the sun. Here is the beginning and the image of the usurpation of all the earth.

They would do better to say: Our book, Our commentary, Our history, etc., because there is in them usually more of other people's than their own.

Canadian entrepreneur John Warrillow, who has started five businesses and sold four of them. "I don't believe you are really an entrepreneur until you've exited, because you haven't completed the cycle. You're still standing on third base. It is not about starting. Anyone can start a business. Until you've actually sold one, you haven't touched all the bases.

So, it's private appropriation on the basis of socialized production. That's the fundamental contradiction at the heart of capitalism.

This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.

Privacy is something you can sell, but you can't buy it back.

we are singing today of the WIPE-OUT GANG - the WIPE-OUT GANG buys, owns & operates the Insanity Factory - if you do not know where the Insanity Factory is located, you should hereby take two steps to the right, paint your teeth & go to sleep....

Setelah beberapa saat, kita baru tahu bahwa privasi adalah hal yang bisa kita jual, tetapi kita tidak bisa membelinya kembali.

After a while you learn that privacy is something you can sell, but you can't buy it back.

expecting your publisher to promote and push your book is like expecting your OB-GYN to raise your child.

He says, "Don't be afraid, because I have saved you. I have called you by name, and you are mine.

De esta ciudad de libros hizo dueños a unos ojos sin luz

Mejor sería ganarse la vida pero mi vida es mía, solo mía, mi vida no necesito ganármela.

Even in the midst of all this commotion she knows none of it really belongs to her, and marvels at the strange fact of her dearest wish: to be part of it, to give in to it's distractions, to find herself the owner of a life lived rather than a life endured. And then she looks into the face of Mother #3, worn smooth and almost featureless, with moist eyes that can't seem to settle on anything for more than a heartbeat at a time, and she knows this is a very dangerous wish.

This man belongs to me, I want him!

What does the sign say?" " Ã¢â'¬ËœIf you lived here, you'd be home now.' Ã¢â'¬Â She clenched her hands with excitement. "See, every day people will drive past and read that sign and think, 'Yeah, if I lived here I'd be home now,' and I will be home. Motherfuckers.

Trovare scappatoie quando non si vuole guardare dentro se stessi è la cosa più facile al mondo. Una colpa esterna esiste sempre, è necessario avere molto coraggio per accettare che la colpa - o meglio la responsabilità - appartiene a noi soltanto.

You're a damn dog, Adam finally snapped. If you're good enough to fuck someone, be a man enough to take responsibility for the result