Possessing Quotes

202 quotes by 179 authors

At that time, he was satisfying a sensual curiosity by experiencing the pleasures of people who live for love. He had believed he could stop… — Marcel Proust
I don't know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you,… — Oscar Wilde
The happy life does not mean loving what we possess, but possessing what we love." Possession of the beloved, St. Thomas holds, takes place in… — Josef Pieper
They took away what should have been my eyes (but I remembered Milton's Paradise). They took away what should have been my ears, (Beethoven came… — Helen Keller
I am alone in possessing a key to this barbarous sideshow. — Arthur Rimbaud
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort. We postpone and postpone until those smiling… — William James
If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle… — Peter Singer
Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in all the accounts… — Arthur Conan Doyle
The loved object is simply one that has shared an experience at the same moment of time, narcissistically; and the desire to be near the… — Lawrence Durrell
no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed — William Landay
No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed; Lay that on your heart, My young angry dear; This truth, this hard and precious stone, Lay… — Sara Teasdale
How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those… — Clarice Lispector
Once, during the drinking phase, Wendy had accused him of desiring his own destruction but not possessing the necessary moral fiber to support a full-blown… — Stephen King
Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest,… — Matthew Arnold
Not perhaps until later life, until the follies, passions, and selfishness of youth have died out, do we . . . recognize the the inestimable… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a… — James Madison
The individual can maintain himself in a society definitely organized only through possessing an equally definite mental and moral constitution. This is what the neuropath… — Emile Durkheim
The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our actions. — Eric Kandel
For a photographer, sharks are a stirring subject, possessing a perfect blend of grace and power. They have been sculpted by evolution and are ideally… — Brian Skerry
Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient share… — John James Audubon

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