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Quotes About Ownership

For the recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses.
~ Oscar Wilde
The passion for property is in it. There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid others might pick them up.
~ Oscar Wilde
I know you will laugh at me, he replied, but I really can't exhibit it. I have put too much of myself into it.
~ Oscar Wilde
Además, olvida usted, señor Otis, que el precio que pagó incluía tanto el castillo como el fantasma...
~ Oscar Wilde
Hay muchas cosas de las que nos desprenderíamos si no tuviéramos miedo de que otros las recogieran.
~ Oscar Wilde
Hay muchas cosas que abandonaríamos si no temiéramos que otros pudiesen recogerlas.
~ Oscar Wilde
Wierno??! (...) Jest w niej pragnienie posiadania. Wiele rzeczy wyrzuciliby?my, gdyby nie obawa, ?e inni mog? j? podnie??.
~ Oscar Wilde
I don't know whose brilliant idea that was, but it wasn't mine, that's for sure.
~ Ozzy Osbourne
no matter what bullshit you heard, hes still mine! he'll always be mine
~ P.C. Cast
You know how it is with cats: They don't really have owners, they have staff.
~ P.C. Cast
You can't press your suit and another fellow's trousers simultaneously.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
I don't mind admitting that, whenever I looked at Cyril's face, I always had a feeling that he couldn't have got that way without its being mostly his own fault.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
And I watch my words from a long way off.. They are more YOURS than mine.. They climb on my old suffering like ivy...
~ Pablo Neruda
I was born anew, owner of my own darkness.
~ Pablo Neruda
Amo ciò che di tenace ancora sopravvive nei miei occhi, nelle mie camere abbandonate dove abita la luna, e ragni di mia proprietà, e distruzioni che mi sono care, adoro il mio essere perduto, la mia sostanza imperfetta.
~ Pablo Neruda
i'll go so far as to believe you own the universe
~ Pablo Neruda
Hasta te creo dueña del universo.
~ Pablo Neruda
And I watch my words from a long way off. They are more yours than mine.
~ Pablo Neruda
De la vida no quiero mucho. Quiero apenas saber que intenté todo lo que quise, tuve todo lo que pude, amé lo que valía la pena y perdí apenas lo que nunca fue mío.
~ Pablo Neruda
I go so far as to think you own the universe.
~ Pablo Neruda
If you keep someone else's secret long enough, it becomes your own.
~ Pamela Redford Russell
But by the time we're in our thirties, I believe we should strive to own and respect who we are, regardless of our struggles and difficulties. After all, even every little and big mistake, like every scar, can be a lesson in humility—one of the greatest gifts of all.
~ Pamela Redmond Satran
Saving up to buy things you want and deserve is a way of taking control of your life and your happiness, of recognizing that no one but you is responsible for getting you what you want in this world.
~ Pamela Redmond Satran
İnsan?n hiçbir ÅŸeyi olmamal?.O zaman dünyaya sahip demektir.
~ Panait İstrati