Quotes About Ownership

I know I can't own a hilltop, a meadow, or a mountainside. But keeping it a secret somehow makes it mine.

It seems to me that the earth may be borrowed but not bought. It may be used, but not owned. ... We are tenants and not possessors, lovers and not masters.

This attitude is basic human nature. We'd rather look outward and blame others for ills that befall us than point the finger at ourselves.

People Always Confuse Between To become What..? or To Become Whose...?

Why do people, when they are wrong, twist the conversation around and place the blame on someone else?

We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.'

Parenting is the easiest job to get - you just have to screw up once and it's yours.

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

All sentient beings should have at least one right—the right not to be treated as property

My actions are my only true belongings.

My own recipe for world peace is a bit of land for everyone.

God was dead. Let Him rest in peace. Now, finally, the earth was hers with no taint of Heaven.

I used to have some fish, some nice little carp, but they got too big for the tank. I don't have any pets now.

Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by.

Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation.

In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether.

No man can fully understand the meaning of love unless he's owned by a dog.

In a perfect world, we would not keep animals for our benefit, including pets.

Cats are kindly masters, just so long as you remember your place.

A Polish man bought a zebra for a pet. What does he call the zebra? Spot!

Nothing but love has made the dog lose his wild freedom, to become the servant of man.

The body is like a companion, a friendly pet that follows one around...One can continue to own the body and be responsible for it without identifying with it as one's identity.

I don't use the word 'pet.' I think it's speciest language. I prefer 'companion animal.' We would no longer allow... pet shops... Eventually companion animals would be phased out.

the real reason I had wanted to grow up, the main reason I had been willing to even consider becoming an adult, was so I could have as many pets as I wanted.