Quotes About Ownership

The only things you can ever truly own cannot be bought with money.

My grandfather used to say 'It is my house I am paying the bills', my dad used to say 'this is my house I pay the mortgage', my generation is saying this is my house I pay the rent.

Capitalism has turned human beings into commodities. To the owner of a restaurant: the cook and a bag of potatoes are equally important.

Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repairing.

If have to undergo preschool safety checks every morning, why does a random thug get to own an assault rifle?

When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot.

Climb the day, Drop your dreams, Possess the day.

The way I would measure leadership is this: of the people that are working with me, how many wake up in the morning thinking that the company is theirs?

This early piece of the morning is mine.

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.

Buy real records in real shops, or I'll come round your house and scream at your mother.

We don't need more 'What if the mother is going to die' debated, we need 'I had an abortion because I was not ready to be a mother. It was my choice and my right. I own it. Back the f@#( up.

Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.

A sick child is always the mother's property; her own feelings generally make it so.

The first gathering of salads, radishes and herbs made me feel like a mother about her baby - how could anything so beautiful be mine?

Land monopoly is not only monopoly, but it is by far the greatest of monopolies; it is a perpetual monopoly, and it is the mother of all other forms of monopoly.

Daughter am I in my mother's house, but mistress in my own.

The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.

I couldn't imagine owning beauty like my mothers. I wouldn't dare.

My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me.

I was given all of my dad's guitars when he passed, and they were being stored at the house. My mother decided they were hers again, and she took them all back, and now they're going up for auction.

I own one pair of Prada shoes. They make my feet hurt... It's not the shoes' fault; they are exquisitely made. I blame my feet. I've got my mother's feet.

Part of what I want to do is sort of reclaim my story - it belongs to me and to my children, who have to live with whoever their mother is.

My daughter has a problem picking things up in her room. So if you leave your clothes on the floor, so if you leave your clothes on the floor, they're gone when you come home.