Possessing Quotes

202 quotes by 179 authors

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal. — Nicolas Berggruen
If I had married a woman intelligent enough to guide me, to rule me without my feeling that I was ruled, I should have taken… — Giacomo Casanova
In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such enviable qualities as… — Charles R. Swindoll
The film industry has become a universal medium exercising a profound influence on the development of people's attitudes and choices, and possessing a remarkable ability… — Pope John Paul II
One matter Englishmen don't think in the least funny is their happy consciousness of possessing a deep sense of humor. — Marshall McLuhan
Sanctification is possessing the mind of Christ. — John G. Lake
One of the proud joys of the man of letters --if that man of letters is an artist is to feel within himself the power… — Edmond de Goncourt
What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless. — Clive Bell
The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be… — Charles Sturt
Believe me, were I ever to accomplish anything, it would be in music, which has always attracted me; and, without overestimating myself, I am conscious… — Robert Schumann
I got sick and tired of a joyless existence, and so have thought a lot in the past few years about how to bring more… — M. J. Ryan
From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security… — Richard Cobden
When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then. — Placido Domingo
The only ideals allowed are healthy ones - those everyone may aspire to, or comfortably imagine oneself possessing. — Susan Sontag
The way to liberation lies through this realization of the Self, by God-communion and by remaining in this God-aware state of the soul while performing… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other. — Millard Fillmore
If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable… — Alexis de Tocqueville
...the tragedy of consumerism: one acquires more and more things without taking the time to ever see and know them, and thus one never truly… — Brian D. McLaren
I have toured with Klemens Marktl, playing his original compositions and arrangements. He is a wonderful drummer, a writer possessing a high degree of creativity,… — Joe Locke

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