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Quotes About Ownership

Not his circus, not his monkeys
~ J.R. Ward
eaning down, it became amply clear that Rhamp had deployed the hot bomb. And Qhuinn had to admit, as he undid the buckle and got the kid back out, that he kind of respected the effort, man to man. Yeah, no pussy loads for his son. The boy dropped that shit like he owned it. Um … literally. Yeah.
~ J.R. Ward
Oh, God—" He cut her off, his mouth finding hers and taking her lips like he owned her. He kissed her with none of the awkward first-time stuff she was used to; there was nothing hesitant or polite or tentative at all: Isaac kissed her like he meant to have her, and she was ready to be taken. She'd never wanted anything this badly before.
~ J.R. Ward
We find ways of repeating things until we get them right. But that can be dangerous. Especially if we're trying to fix things we never should have owned in the first place.
~ J.R. Ward
Midnight. You are mine, female." Her
~ J.R. Ward
Add now you're mine. Do you understand that? You don't give this pussy to anyone else while we're playing. You're mine.
~ Jaci Burton
My dad bought the team when I was little. I've been around guys like you my whole life. I'm over the whole 'jock-and-awe' thing.
~ Jaci Burton
You're mine, Savannah.
~ Jaci Burton
The empty blue sky of space says 'All this comes back to me, then goes again, and comes back again, then goes again, and I don't care, it still belongs to me
~ Jack Kerouac
If you own a rug you own too much.
~ Jack Kerouac
Everything belongs to me because I am poor.
~ Jack Kerouac
But nobody else ever romped with White Fang. He did not permit it. He stood on his dignity, and when they attempted it, his warning snarl and bristling mane were anything but playful. That he allowed the master these liberties was no reason that he should be a common dog, loving here and loving there, everybody's property for a romp and good time. He loved with single heart and refused to cheapen himself or his love.
~ Jack London
Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.
~ Mos Def
The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
My father, Beric, ran a joinery business and owned two factories.
~ Toyah Willcox
The crux of the matter was... the partnership between Richemont and myself was going sour for personal reasons, and you know, you can't have two people arguing all the time, so it was either my buying him out or him buying me out.
~ David Tang
Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor, they own less than one percent of the world's assets.
~ Isabel Allende
A typical leader has - a natural tendency is to be defensive in the face of a crisis. The first reaction is to blame someone - or something - else. Often, the blame is aimed at something abstract or non-controllable, which often has nothing to do with the crisis but is adjacent to whatever is going on, so it's an easy target.
~ Brad Feld
In days gone by, short-statured people were not only labelled as ugly, stupid and freakish, they were often owned by aristocrats and treated, at best, as entertainment and, at worst, as pets.
~ Stella Young
In the worst of our recession, bars were making money. Every bar can make money. If they're failing, it's not because of the president or Congress or Ukraine. It's because of them. And if you own failure, then you'll own success.
~ Jon Taffer
Owning the Eagles is the ultimate fulfillment of every fantasy I ever had growing up in Philadelphia.
~ Norman Braman
Well, I haven't signed anything giving people the right to do anything they want with my image, you know what I mean. I have the ultimate say.
~ Joaquin Phoenix
The individual who signs the check has the ultimate power.
~ Jerry Rubin
Look - this is the terror of being a founder & CEO. It is all your fault. Every decision, every person you hire, every dumb thing you buy or do - ultimately, you're at the end.
~ Ben Horowitz