“The desire for carnal possession quickly cools, whereas the desire to own land never quits the heart of man.” — Gabriel Chevallier Copy Share Image
Molly was arrested. Possession.” I blinked at him. “She was possessed? — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Political dictatorships take possession not just of money and belongings but of narrative. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
“That to own things did not necessarily mean one belonged; that possession was no guarantee of control” — Ninotchka Rosca Copy Share Image
Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident. — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession. — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservation and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and… — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather,… — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another. — Geoffrey Beene Copy Share Image
I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its… — Tony Shalhoub Copy Share Image
Dreams are large possessions ... they are an expansion of life, an enlightenment, and a discipline. I thank God for my dream… — Amelia Barr Copy Share Image
How glorious and near to the angels is youth that is clean. This youth has joy unspeakable here and eternal happiness hereafter.… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It… — Julia Gillard Copy Share Image
Angels are endowed with the noblest created Attributes. They are endowed with wonderful Power. This perfection of Angels is forcibly indicated by… — Timothy Dwight V Copy Share Image
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Life and work are not things apart. Work is more than gaining privileges and possessions; it is ongoing, ecstatic, LIVING experience. When… — Laurence Boldt Copy Share Image
Democracy is our most valuable possession. Upholding it is our duty and our responsibility. This means a continuous, decisive and self-confident argument;… — Wolfgang Thierse Copy Share Image
All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash.… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
And since the possession of qualities presupposes that one takes a certain pleasure in their reality, all this gives us a glimpse… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
The art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated; ... it demands much previous study; and ... the possession of it,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
The possessions God allows us to have are intended for our use, not our enjoyment. Trying to squeeze something out of them… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
Lee Jordan was finding it difficult not to take sides. 'So — after that obvious and disgusting bit of cheating —' 'Jordan!'… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You chased my muse away.” My tone was low, lazy, and sort of psychotic. Even to my own ears. “And?” She didn’t… — L.J. Shen Copy Share Image
When people are dying, they call their old enemies and try to forgive them and try to be forgiven by them. They… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
But how do European railways manage without them? How do they continue to convey millions of travellers and mountains of luggage across… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
All human populations are in some sense immigrants. All hostility between different cultures in one place has an aspect of the classic… — Neal Ascherson Copy Share Image
...[Changers] were a threat to identity, a challenge to the individualism even of those they were never likely to impersonate. It had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
To be a success in advertising you must want to fill other people with a passion for possession. — Bernice Fitz-Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Everybody has a second personality, it may possess and make you do whatever it likes.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It’s about the willingness to play. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Love rushed into my veins emptying me of myself. Now filled with the Beloved my only possession is my name. — Rumi Copy Share Image
I feel as if they are somewhere between movement and stillness, and thus in possession of a certain energy. — Claire Morgan Copy Share Image
Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world. — Gabriela Mistral Copy Share Image
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