Possess Quotes

1275 Possess quotes by 914 unique authors

Does he [the president] possess the power of making war? That power is exclusively vested in Congress. . . . It is the exclusive province… — William Paterson
The artist must possess at least as much conviction as does his enemy, the dogmatic, mealy-mouthed, anti-art bigot. — Eric Maisel
Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquaintances die nowadays as compared with the past;… — Julian Simon
An It bag is an It bag, only if you’re unlikely to possess it. — Plum Sykes
As children we all possess a natural uninhabited curiosity, a hunger for explanations, which seems to die slowly as we age--suppressed, I suppose by the… — Mahlon Hoagland
The attitude and reactions of artists toward their art children reveal an attitude similar to that which mothers in general possess toward their children. There… — Beatrice M. Hinkle
You see, we need instruction on how to possess money without being possessed by money. We need help to learn how to own things without… — Richard J. Foster
The problem with University degrees, particularly the more spectacular ones, is that people who possess them can fall into the trap of thinking people who… — Robert Genn
From the sexual, or amatorial, generation of plants new varieties, or improvements, are frequently obtained; as many of the young plants from seeds are dissimilar… — Erasmus Darwin
To possess is past the instant; we achieve the joy, immortality contented, were anomaly. — Emily Dickinson
Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our own judgment and reason, listening… — Luther Burbank
It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent. — Jean de la Bruyere
Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess… — Ignatius Loyola
Then the soul, freed from vice, purged by studies of true philosophy, versed in spiritual life, and practised in matters of the intellect, devoted to… — Baldassare Castiglione
I make one image—though 'make' is not the right word; I let, perhaps, an image be 'made' emotionally in me and then apply to it… — Dylan Thomas
I don't want to see this country ever go across the bridge. I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America,… — Frank Church
Statistical projections which speak to the senses without fatiguing the mind, possess the advantage of fixing the attention on a great number of important facts. — Alexander von Humboldt
And see all sights from pole to pole, And glance, and nod, and hustle by; And never once possess our soul Before we die. — Matthew Arnold
The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews of Europe and… — Bayard Taylor
God who created us has granted us the faculty of speech that we might disclose the counsels of our hearts to one another and that,… — Saint Basil
Power is very much like the wind. It comes and goes; no one really owns it. People are foolish enough to think they possess power.… — Frederick Lenz
You possess the (pro.pen.si.ty), propensity to become one of the great success stories. — Jon Jones
If you have eternal life at all, it simply means that you have the Son, Jesus Christ NOW! Eternal life is not a peculiar… — W. Ian Thomas
Cats possess so many of the same qualities as some poeple that it is often hard to tell the people and the cats apart. — P.J. O'Rourke
Probably the institution of marriage had its origin in love of property. Both men and women were united in this--that whatever they loved best, they… — Henry Adams

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