Possession Quotes

1254 Possession quotes by 873 unique authors

Reading is a possession, a march toward a possession. — Italo Calvino
Roll back the clock, and every possession of every great country started with a crime. — David Mamet
Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed. — Hamish Bowles
Perhaps the great American Republic, whose interests lie in the Pacific and who has no hand in the spoliation of Africa, may someday dream of… — Jose Rizal
The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which desolate this world… — Jules Verne
The dwelling places of Europe have an air of inheritance, or cumulative possession - a hive occupied by generations of bees. — John Updike
I have no intention of selling any more of the historical Apollo 11 items in my possession for the remainder of my life. I intend… — Buzz Aldrin
The glorified will not be pilgrims, transient visitors, or tenants at will, but settled, permanent, walled, established by title, through eternity by warrantee deed, signed,… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Our children are our most cherished possession. In their early years, we must make sure they get a healthy start in life. They must receive… — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. — Sallust
Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition. — Eli Khamarov
I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty. — John D. Rockefeller
We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a… — Bob Graham
See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession. — Robert Collier
It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so… — Joyce Carol Oates
The greatest possession is self-possession. — Ethel Watts Mumford
Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement. — John Hope
Well, they had a lot of the things they found in his possession. They had the map, you know, that marked the route of the… — Henry Wade
The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. — Max Born
God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us… — Samuel Hopkins

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