Quotes About Ownership

Not that I'm a big fan of my face, but still- it is mine, whichever way you tilt it. I didn't like my face when I should have and now it's melted, I look back on that face fondly.

A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car.

Parts DO NOT BREAK - we break them.

We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain.

The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me.

Warren Buffett summed up the conventional view with his usual pith: "Gold gets dug out of the ground . . . we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. . . . Anyone from Mars would be scratching their head."2

We ourselves often duck responsibility for our own actions. Just think how much more embarrassed God would be if He were their author.

Tis only right he say that every man should own his own piece o' land at some time or other. 'Tis the ambition of every man to do that same said thing, an' he say it ain't only poor, simple people like you an' me, but 'tis the way the big folks think too.

They were like two landowners in Pompeii arguing over who had the better view of Vesuvius.

In… the book of Egoism, it is written, possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism.

Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.

They will not love me, you say? When have they ever loved me? How can I lose something I have never owned? - Stannis

A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both. Every little girl learns that from her mother.

If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can't hurt you with it anymore.

Slavery is not the same as rain," she insisted. "I have been rained on and I have been sold. It is not the same. No man wants to be owned.

When a dog goes bad, the fault lies with his master.

How can I lose something I have never owned?

My life is a poor thing, but it is yours.

A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both.

O título vem com o domínio.

My trees, they said, you can't eat them apples. My stream, you can't fish here. My wood, you're not t' hunt. My earth, my water, my castle, my daughter, keep your hands away or I'll chop 'em off, but maybe if you kneel t' me I'll let you have a sniff.

A part of all I earn is mine to keep.' Say it in the morning when you first arise. Say it at noon. Say it at night. Say it each hour of every day. Say it to yourself until the words stand out like letters of fire across the sky.

A PART OF ALL YOU EARN IS YOURS TO KEEP.