Quotes About Ownership

People do not belong to others, either. How can the huincas buy and sell people if they do not own them. Sometimes the boy went two or three days without speaking a word, surly, and not eating, and when asked what was the matter, the answer was always the same: There are content days and there are sad days. Each person is a master of his silence.

Las palabras son gratis, decía y se las apropiaba, todas eran suyas. ella sembró en mi cabeza la idea de que la realidad no es sólo como se percibe en la superficie, también tiene una dimensión mágica y, si a uno se le antoja, es legítimo esagerarla y ponerle color para que el tránsito por esta vida no resulte tan aburrido. --Eva Luna

The concept that you could possess land was as unfathomable to them as that of dividing up the sea.

Todo esto es tuyo, abuelo? - Todo, desde la carretera panamericana hasta la punta de esos cerros. ¿Los ves? - ¿Por qué, abuelo? - ¡Cómo que por qué! ¡Porque soy el dueño, claro! - Sí, ¿pero por qué eres el dueño? - Porque era de mi familia. - ¿Por qué? - Porque se la compararon a los indios. - Y los inquilinos, los que también han vivido aquí siempre, ¿por qué no son ellos los dueños?

abandonó la idea de ser su dueño absoluto, como pretendió en la juventud, y sólo entonces pudo abrazarla en términos de igualdad.

Tampoco entendían que los extranjeros plantaran una bandera en el suelo, marcaran líneas imaginarias, lo declararan de su propiedad y se ofendieran si alguien entraba persiguiendo a un venado. La idea de poseer la tierra les resultaba tan inverosímil como la de repartirse el mar.

Compared to Europe, Chile was a happily backward and distant paradise. It was true that at this moment it had a center-left government: the president was from the Radical Party and a freemason. He was detested by the Right, and his name was never mentioned by the "best families," but he wasn't going to last long. The Left, with its coarse realism and vulgarity, had no future; the owners of Chile would make sure of that

Words are free, she tried to say, and she appropriated them; they were all hers.

He was proud of the fact that he did not owe anyone anything

All the women and girls she knew, free or not, belonged to a man: father, husband, or Jesus.

As palavras são de graça, dizia, e se apropriava delas, todas eram suas. Semeou na minha cabeça a ideia de que a realidade não é apenas o que se vê à superfície, tem também uma dimensão mágica e se alguém o deseja veementemente é legitimo que a exagere e lhe dê uma cor para que a passagem por esta vida não seja tão aborrecida.

Nunca hay que vender la tierra. Es lo único que queda cuando todo se acaba

Nunca hay que vender la tierra. Es lo único que queda cuando todo lo demás se acaba.

Olía a caballo y sudor, nunca me había parecido tan guapo, tan fuerte, tan mío.

You can be free from everything but the consequences of what you do.

There's a saying in the oral tradition of storytelling that when you tell a story, when you give out a story, it is no longer yours; it belongs to everyone who encounters it and everyone who takes it in.

The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you're not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible piece of company that can go bankrupt.

If you allow for a purely capitalistic society, without any type of regulation at all, you will get one monopoly that will eat all of the smaller fish and own everything, and then you'll have zero capitalism, zero competition - it would just be one giant company.

Those writers that have zero say in their movie adaptations have zero say because they sell it. If you don't sell it, and you do it yourself, and you wait until the screenplay is ready, you don't have to worry about that.

Yes, I worked hard to put together an experimental show on a budget of zero. But I was not being exploited by anyone. I was in charge.

Zimbabwe has lots of safaris, but very few are African. Most are white-owned. In our region, we have the most safaris and animals. Our people cannot keep suffering.

Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans; so are its resources.

The only difference between Compton and other cities is the ZIP Code, you know, and the mindset - it's just really about challenging people to take ownership of our community.

I have no problem with responsible gun owners who own weapons for self-protection, hunting, or just sport. The ones who believe they have a constitutional right to 100-round magazines to fight off I don't know what - a zombie apocalypse? - try to shut down dialogue with threats and other macho posing because of their flawed beliefs.