Quotes About Possessions

My mom is a pack rat.

There's a lot in my closet. I've been collecting things since I was five. I'm definitely a pack rat. I'm not a hoarder, but I'm definitely a pack rat. I will keep anything if I have a memory in it or a good moment.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.

I do know people who buy these huge houses but I always think, 'What about all that furniture? You're never even going to sit on it!' I don't want to rattle round in a big house.

Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

Even if you live forty or fifty years in this world, and then die, you cannot take all your goods with you.

I am more rich in goods than I am in money.

I have kept a lot of beautiful things, including some gorgeous Valentino from the '90s.

I have more guns than I need and not as many as I want.

De qué sirve tener posesiones si un hombre carece de conocimientos?

la nobleza no depende de las posesiones, ya que la gente no siempre se ajusta al modelo

What difference is there betwixt an idolater and an avaricious man, but that the idolater has, perhaps, one or two idols, whereas the avaricious man has many?

One cannot speak of an injustice of nature in the unequal distribution of possessions and resources, for nature is not free and is therefore neither just nor unjust.

A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.

You're really spread out now, you've got stuff all over the WORLD! You've got stuff at home, stuff in storage, stuff in Honolulu, stuff in Maui, stuff in your pockets...supply lines are getting longer and harder to maintain.

We get a deal o' useless things about us, only because we've got the money to spend.

I got three 'Tiger Woods' games for my Xbox just in case one gets scratched.

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

First, I would find an object which I would think is suitable for my characters and stories, then write about it, and in the end, I ended up with a house full of thousands of objects.

What I think is so amazing about having everything, and feeling like I have everything, is that I don't really find happiness within materialistic things. Like, it's cool if I can buy myself a new car, and I think it's amazing for a week, but then the thrill is over, and I'm like, 'Oh, so I guess that wasn't really happiness.'

To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history.

If 'Chicago Fire' goes for a long run, maybe I'll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can't throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I'm not big on 'things,' though, so I don't own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn't know where to put them.

There's no need to let your family know the details of what you throw out or donate. You can leave communal spaces to the end. The first step is to confront your own stuff.

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.