Quotes About Ownership

I don't know why I get so protective and jealous over you when you're not even mine.

I can't take back what was never mine, I can't remember what I didn't experience, and that's why I cannot move on because nothing ever started.

This isn't over, Dawson. You got what's mine and I aim to get it back.

But the freedom of being my own boss is a wonderful thing.

The house was here when I bought the ranch, and this clutter came with it. I've added my own things to the mess, and I haven't spent a lick of time tending it. I reckon that's pretty easy to see.

Don't sell your land, don't sell Grandmother Earth to the strip-mining outfits and the uranium companies. Don't sell your water." That kind of advice is a threat to the system and gets you into the penitentiary.

The fight for our land is at the core of our existence, as it has been for the last two hundred years. Once the land is gone, then we are gone too.

Are the details of our lives who we are, or is it owning those details that makes the difference?

Sometimes you need to own one whole day. Maybe that's what makes you brave enough to face another.

We are the first family, and every bird that flies overhead, every breath that is taken, every drop of water that falls, it all belongs to us. We make the laws here. We own whatever you can see. Never let one handful of soil slip through your fingers, or you will lose it all.

The man who stands in dependence on another is no longer a man at all, he has lost his standing, he is nothing but the possession of another man.

The Catholic Church in America is the Irish church. It is our church, end of story. We built it. We paid for it. It is ours. No Mexicans need apply.

As a child grows, the Lifebook is used for a multitude of purposes, including helping a child deal with unresolved feelings as they surface. A child's Lifebook should be added to as he journeys through life. It also should be accessible to children any time they feel a need to thumb through it. The Lifebook, after all, belongs to the child.

If you allow an experienced man of the world to introduce you to passion when you want him more than he wants you, he will own your soul, but you will not own his.

I sold him the house, if you want to know." "Maybe I'll buy it back, when I sell my screenplay.

When team members personally create an environment in which they can be proud of their work and work processes, you have made a good start.

If you are wise, you will never forget that your heart is yours alone. It can be the greatest gift, but never can it be commanded.

I relish my life. It's the one I have. It's difficult, beautiful, painful, full of laughter, passing strange. Whatever else it is, whatever it brings – it's mine.

There is no harm in carrying a borrowed umbrella, but toothbrushes and opinions should always be one's own.

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

De lo existente, unas cosas dependen de nosotros; otras no dependen de nosotros. De nosotros dependen el juicio, el impulso, el deseo, el rechazo y, en una palabra, cuanto es asunto nuestro. Y no dependen de nosotros el cuerpo, la hacienda, la reputación, los cargos y, en una palabra, cuanto no es asunto nuestro.» Epicteto, Manual de vida,

Of all existing things some are in our power, and others are not in our power. In our power are thought, impulse, will to get and will to avoid, and, in a word, everything which is our own doing. Things not in our power include the body, property, reputation, office, and, in a word, everything which is not our own doing." Epictetus, Enchiridion, 1

Define yourself; you have the monopoly on your life's dictionary.

You are your greatest asset in the business of your life.