Quotes About Ownership

The moment we put an end to speculation in land, we put an end to making money at the expense of our sons and daughters.

Every young man's best purchase is his first car, which spells freedom. My first one was a '70 Camaro, springtime gold-over-saddle, a 307 with Hi-jackers and chrome reverse mags.

It is one of my pet hates when I see players who have agents who do everything for them. They don't know how to set up their own bank accounts, they don't know what they are spending their money on and they can't make their own decisions.

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

I bought an island in 1987. It's in one of the lakes in Canada. I went around it in my boat and went to the real estate office and bought it. It's the best $65,000 I've ever spent. My family camp on it and we have great times there.

I've spent more money on my theatres since I bought them than I did buying them.

Marriage is not for everyone, but spiritually it is very necessary for me because I have a desire, a need to feel owned.

Why should I need a prescription to spit into a vial and get my DNA read? Why can't I get my own blood drawn without a doctor's permission? It's my blood.

The local dudes who knew that my dad owned a studio would say, 'Ahh, dude is spoiled,' and this and that. But we didn't abuse it at all. I'd always ask if we could use the studio first, and if our dad didn't want us there he would tell us, and that was that. But I definitely tried to get down there as often as I could.

The fact that these owners sacked me doesn't mean that our relationship is broken. I still get on well with Florentino, and although I haven't spoken much with Abramovich since I left Chelsea, I have no problem with him.

When I have signed for clubs, I have always spoken a long time with the CEO or with the owners, not only at United, but also at Bayern Munich and Barcelona, and I have the faith that they always support me.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

We want playmates we can own.

Things don't change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about it.

When we give government the power to make medical decisions for us, we, in essence, accept that the state owns our bodies.

The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.

Accept your place in the sun as it was originally before the creation of this world... The black man is the first and last, maker and owner of the universe.

How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours?

Men love you more if they can be made a little uncertain about owning you.

No matter whether you claim a slave by purchase or capture, the title is bad. They who claim to own their fellow-men, look down into the pit and forget the justice that should rule the world.

A man can fail, but he isn't a failure until he blames someone else.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest.