Possessed Quotes

530 Possessed quotes by 418 unique authors

Throughout his career, W.G. Sebald wrote poems that were strikingly similar to his prose. His tone, in both genres, was always understated but possessed of… — Teju Cole
Under Saddam Hussein, the nation of Iraq possessed and used chemical weapons against both their own Kurdish population and Iranian military forces. — Charles B. Rangel
He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire. — Mahatma Gandhi
For 200 years, the dominant powers have also been the colonial powers: the European countries, the U.S. and Japan. They have never been required to… — Martin Jacques
Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed. — Hamish Bowles
I was born on the 24th of September 1755 in the county of Fauquier, at that time one of the frontier counties of Virginia. My… — John Marshall
I keep three framed photographs on my desk: the latest school picture of my daughter; a photo of my wife getting her diploma from the… — Blake Bailey
In teaching, regard must be had to the faculties possessed by the pupil. In childhood, memory; in youth, the understanding; in mature life, the reason… — Joseph P. Bradley
All the teaching I had ever received had failed to make me apply such intelligence as I was possessed of, directly and vividly: there had… — Edward Frederic Benson
It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each… — J. Reuben Clark
That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense… — William Thomas Green Morton
The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend,… — William Falconer
Their humble dwellings were of their own rearing; it was they themselves who had broken in their little fields; from time immemorial, far beyond the… — Hugh Miller
Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to… — James Broughton
Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called… — Fanny Kemble
Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed… — Alphonsus Liguori
I was possessed by London. — Manolo Blahnik
I find the attempt to find things out, which scientists are possessed by, to be as human as breathing, or feeding, or sex. And so… — A. S. Byatt
Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen. — John Marshall
I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn to art and scholarship as my anti-type, my shadow, the… — Robert Inchausti
Then came human beings, they wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to. Thus I progressed on the surface of life, in the… — Albert Camus
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices — Lord Byron
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. — Kahlil Gibran
I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness. I… — Anais Nin
Naught is possessed, neither gold, nor land nor love, nor life, nor peace, nor even sorrow nor death, nor yet salvation. Say of nothing: It… — DH Lawrence

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