There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The…

Men possessing minds of the first order and who have had opportunities of being known and of acquiring the general confidence do not abound…

— Thomas Jefferson

These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!

— Alexander Pope

“When the Holy Spirit does his work of regeneration in the hearts of men he does not come on them with great powerful feelings…

— John Owen

Control over a woman is the only form of dominance most men possess, for most men are merely subjects of more powerful men.

— Marilyn French

Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient…

— John James Audubon

The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to…

— Charles Sturt

The central problem of management is how spontaneous interaction of people within a firm, each possessing only bits of knowledge, can bring about the…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Loud speech, profusion of words, and possessing skillfulness in expounding scriptures are merely for the enjoyment of the learned. They do not lead to…

— Adi Shankara

Everybody is different and I think that we live in a material world. But for me, possessing things is not that interesting. Living in…

— Nicolas Berggruen

Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for…

— Thomas Malthus

“no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed—but”

— William Landay

Perhaps we will one day be able at least to admit of a God possessing sufficient majesty and expansiveness to transcend the limits of…

— Ian Tattersall

It is evident that the right of acquiring and possessing property, and having it protected, is one of the natural, inherent, and unalienable rights…

— William Paterson

Destitute of the fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing fire, nothing else matters.

— Samuel Chadwick

Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics, not all…

— Jonathan Dee