Quotes About Ownership

'No Flex Zone' is when somebody walks in and accuses you of stealing their cellphone, and you didn't, and you know in your pocket you have enough money to buy their cellphone, and you have your own.

What you do in Oklahoma with tigers in these roadside zoos would be frowned on if it opened in the L.A. basin or New York. I think it's a lack of education. And people believe we should be able to have a tiger, because this is America - who should stop us?

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

As you make your bed you must lie in it.

Borrowing is not much better than begging.

All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they really happened and after you are finished reading one you feel that it all happened to you and after which it all belongs to you.

Never lend books - nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me.

Old Care has a mortgage on every estate, And that's what you pay for the wealth that you get.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

Every dog is entitled to one bite.

Riches, like glory or health, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them.

I believe we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

He who is shipwrecked twice is foolish to blame the sea.

It is possible to own too much. A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure.

To be able to dispense with good things is tantamount to possessing them.

Who covets more is evermore a slave.

Few rich men own their own property. Their property owns them.

If you love someone, let them go. If they return to you, it was meant to be. If they don't, their love was never yours to begin with.

People will support that which they help to create.

What we frankly give, forever is our own.

Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.

I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.

I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.

At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can.