Quotes About Possession

Above all he is jealous of his own self-respect; this is his most valued possession and it would be a real loss to him were he to acquire the respect of others at the expense of his own.

On pouvait la voir sans l'aimer, mais non pas la posséder sans l'adorer.

L'argent qu'on possède est l'instrument de la liberté ; celui qu'on pourchasse est celui de la servitude.

Je suis moins tenté de l'argent que des choses, parce qu'entre l'argent et la possession désirée il y a toujours un intermédiaire ; au lieu qu'entre la chose même et sa jouissance il n'y en a point.

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.

Faire souffrir c'est posséder et créer tout autant que détruire.

We cannot make owners by merely giving men something to own. And, I repeat, whether there be sufficient desire for property left upon which we can work, only experience can decide.

The paradox of romantic love -- that what one possesses, one can no longer desire -- was at work.

I think very often the price paid for a work is the trophy itself.

Waste not a day in vain digression; with resolute, courageous trust seek every possible impression and make it firmly your posession you'll then work on because you must.

Everyone has their special strength. And my strength is to have the ball and start good things with it.

It stresses me out writing songs,; I get really super nervous and speedy. I feel like I'm possessed.

Mexico has strict gun control. You cannot own a gun in Mexico.

At Ajax, they are strict when it comes to using the ball as a defender.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

It's always positive to have more of the ball than the opponent, but you have to do something with it.

I've never seen a Barca without control of the game. I've never seen a Barca that doesn't have the ball and lets the opposition attack all the time.

In football, you don't hold on to the ball just to hold on to the ball. When you have it you need to be dangerous, create opportunities and score goals. And when you don't, you make sure the opposition doesn't.

I'm a big believer that if you buy a comic, you ought to own it.

We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children.

All of the land of Israel is ours.

All the earth is mine, and I have a right to go all over it and through it.

Because I love shopping, my house is overflowing with clothes. Most of them were bought by myself.

There was just no way I could leave this little Martin guitar in my apartment overnight or even in the afternoon, and expect to find it there when I got back.