Quotes About Ownership

Roby thought he should get "dibs" on Natalia because he claimed her first, that's what he was arguing. I'm not convinced it works that way. Natalia has dibs on herself, that's what I think.

Old books exert a strange fascination for me -- their smell, their feel, their history; wondering who might have owned them, how they lived, what they felt.

They asked to keep any "islands" they discovered for themselves, if they discovered more than six

they have among them no private property, because everything is common; they have no boundaries of kingdoms and provinces

When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there.

At the Richardson house were overstuffed sofas so deep you could sink into them as if into a bubble bath. Credenzas. Heavy sleigh beds. Once you owned an enormous chair like this, Pearl thought, you would simply have to stay put. You would have to plant roots and make the place that held this chair your home.

Once you owned an enormous chair like this, Pearl thought, you would simply have to stay put. You would have to plant roots and make the place that held this chair your home.

Some pictures belong to the person who took them. And some belong to the person inside them.

Her womb was not an apartment for rent.

They may have three or four cars instead of one or two, and they may have two television sets instead of one,

When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.

Discipline isn't about showing a dog who's boss; it's about taking responsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world.

What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her.

Pensai a quanti luoghi ci sono nel mondo che appartengono così a qualcuno, che qualcuno ha nel sangue e nessun altro li sa.

Something that is yours forever is never precious

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

Butler used slaveholders' own insistence that slaves were legal property to release slaves from owners' grasps and illustrated how war could create possibilities unavailable in peacetime. The phenomenon of the Civil War contraband camp was born.

Vampires. They wrote the book on possessive.

The national government belongs to the whole American people,

Moor Green plantation was owned by the extremely cruel Redman Foster. Foster is said to have killed one of his bastard babies by a slave mistress because it was deformed. The outright murder of a slave was illegal, but prosecution of a slave owner would have been difficult.

I went over to Jersey and talked to the guy. I told him not to be cutting somebody else's grass, to cut his own grass in his own yard. I told him this one's spoken for. I told him to go get his own trim — which is what we called it in those days, getting trim. I told him to look for your trim elsewhere.

Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.

Most institutional and individual investors will find the best way to own common stock is through an index fund that charges minimal fees. Those following this path are sure to beat the net results [after fees and expenses] delivered by the great majority of investment professionals."1 —Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

Don't pay more per share for a company's stock than you'd be willing to pay if you were buying the whole company.