Quotes About Ownership

The feeling, the sensation behind it is, it's exciting to cherry pick and select and be your own boss and to be in control of your own brand; however, it's a lot of work.

Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.

I've been on a dog-buying spree. I got two Yorkies and a small teacup Chihuahua.

You only have the burdens on you that you choose to put there.

If you claim something, you can own it.

You have to sort of see the way that the character behaves, and what the character says and does, and claim it in the same way that you claim anything, really.

My claim is that we do not have a market economy, but a capitalist economy.

I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesn't get trashed.

Great wealth creates an arrogance and, to be quite frank, a god complex in some people that they start feeling like they can do no wrong, they own people, they're superior to other people.

People can be incredibly proprietary about Superman. They think that the character belongs to them.

Jeremy Clarkson wants to become a farmer - he's bought a field - Hammond wants to open a supermarket, and I'd like to spend my days owning a shoe shop.

I started in the supermarket business in the early '70s. And by '75, '76, I realized you don't have a business unless you own the real estate.

Print books have an amazing superpower because they don't disappear when you're done with them. Books on the shelf remind you that they exist.

I am interested in agricultural corporations and how they function. The idea that they own the genetics of our food supply is a really compelling thing to me.

What gun owners would support policies that are blatantly designed to strip them of their constitutional freedom? To put it bluntly: gullible gun owners.

The team was supported by the fans, and the city was committed to a new building. But that wasn't good enough for Walter O'Malley. He had a better deal, and he passed up a good deal for a better one. I don't think that was right, because ownership of a ballclub is at least a semi-public trust.

I like being able to own things, to not have to depend on music to support myself. Music hadn't supported me since 2000. I mean, it really hasn't. I just do it because I love doing it.

I'm a lifelong strong supporter of the Second Amendment, and I've owned and used firearms since I was 10 years old.

The fight against HIV/AIDS cannot be won unless countries take ownership of protecting and supporting the health of communities both near and far.

Employee-owned companies play an important role in our economy, bringing stability, increasing productivity and supporting local economies.

You have to know what you own. You have to really do your homework in terms of knowing what supports your bonds.

I'm not sure there are a lot of things I'd want a manager for. I suppose I feel that at least the decisions I make are coming from me, and I'm not put into a situation that I wouldn't want to be in.

Well you just have to own it, I suppose. Own the character, which is difficult.

And if there was something, suppose I wanted to write something really damning or embarrassing about one of the owners, that would really be a problem on the NFL's site.