Belongings Quotes
36 quotes by 31 authors
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On vacations: We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand…
— Erma Bombeck
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Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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For Indigenous peoples , the impact of separating us from our heritage goes directly to the heart that pumps life through our peoples. To expect…
— Mick Dodson
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Delicacy - a sad, sad false delicacy - robs literature of the two best things among its belongings: Family-circle narratives & obscene stories.
— Mark Twain
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I've always felt that your belongings have never been on a level with you.
— George Eliot
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By means of an image we are often able to hold on to our lost belongings. But it is the desperateness of losing which picks…
— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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For my part, I wish all guns with their belongings and everything could be sent to hell, which is the proper place for their exhibition…
— Alfred Nobel
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We're not really afraid to die. We're only afraid of being forgotten. We know that we'll be forgotten, and the idea is unbearable, don't you…
— Karin Fossum
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Your actions are your only true belongings.
— Gautama Buddha
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Your stuff does not own the home; either control your belongings, or they will control you.
— Janet Morris
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Our present culture, however, specializes in inflaming endless lust for possessions with advertisements that constantly convince us that we need more (particularly to create the…
— Marva Dawn
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Wild beasts and birds are by right not the property merely of the people today, but the property of the unborn generations, whose belongings we…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind…
— Simon Cowell
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We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
— Plutarch
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My actions are my only true belongings.
— Nhat Hanh
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Whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn many interesting things about the person of which you were not previously aware.
— Daniel Handler
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My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.
— Nhat Hanh
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Why are you not smarter? It's only the rich who can't afford to be smart. They're compromised. They got locked years ago into privilege. They…
— Michael Ondaatje
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Off with you" is a phrase used by people who lack the curtesy to say something more polite, such as, "if there's nothing else you…
— Daniel Handler
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When I cannot bear outer pressures anymore, I begin to put order in my belongings...As if unable to organize and control my life, I seek…
— Anais Nin
Who Wrote These Belongings Quotes
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