Possessions Quote by John Updike Download Open image “Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately” — John Updike ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Philosophy of Mind Possessions
A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think? — Christa Wolf Copy Share Image
Possession; a psychological state in which an individual's normal personality is replaced by another. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For it falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, Why,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The possession targets a vulnerability in each of its victims and amplifies it. Essentially, it removes the self-control and notions of good that keep… — Brian Pinkerton Copy Share Image
Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed. — Hamish Bowles Copy Share Image
The use of our possessions shows us up for what we actually are. — Charles Caldwell Ryrie Copy Share Image
The value of a thing is the amount of laboring or work that its possession will save the possessor. — Henry George Copy Share Image
So soon as the possession of property becomes the basis of popular esteem, therefore, it becomes also a requisite to that complacency which we… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
Life is a roller coaster, you have your ups and downs unless you fall off. — John Updike Copy Share Image
Children are not a zoo of entertainingly exotic creatures, but an array of mirrors in which the human predicament leaps out at us. — John Updike Copy Share Image
I assume my stance, and take back the club, low, slowly; at the top, my eyes fog over, and my joints dip and swirl… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The New England spirit does not seek solutions in a crowd; raw light and solitariness are less dreaded than welcomed as enhancers of our… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I imagine most of that stuff on the information highway is roadkill anyway. — John Updike Copy Share Image
Families, doing everything for each other out of imagined obligation and always getting in each other's way, what a tangle. — John Updike Copy Share Image
“The mind cannot fall asleep as long as it watches itself. Only when the mind moves unwatched and becomes absorbed in images that tug… — John Updike Copy Share Image
In fiction, imaginary people become realer to us than any named celebrity glimpsed in a series of rumored events, whose causes and subtler ramifications… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Her hair had been going gray as long as he could remember; she bundled it behind in a bun held with hairpins that he… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Possessions can possess you. Even a lawn can possess you. It makes you buy a garden hose. Which makes you water. Which cuts into… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
“Americans are funny," Terence O'Donnell pointed out in a conversation we had about our national need to own as much as possible, including our… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Thankfulness acknowledges that we can’t own anything, but we can experience everything. And just knowing that makes me thankful.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Lets be honest, whenever you get a new phone; you treat it like a new born baby. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You will leave this world with exactly what you came with. Nothing. Enjoy memories. Not materials. — Austin Carlile Copy Share Image
The most precious possession that will ever come to you in this world is another person's heart. When it arrives, show only love & respect. — Bakare Copy Share Image
Don't let your happiness depend on things you may wake up without the next day. — London Mond Copy Share Image
When I think of Italy now, I think of accessories, possessions, bad TV, fake boobs, BMWs. — Valeria Golino Copy Share Image
Yes, I get jealous. Yes, I get possessive. Why? Because what's mine is MINE and sometimes I think someone might steal you away forever. — Keren Zhims Copy Share Image
I am truly grateful for experiencing poverty. It gives me immense appreciation for what I have, no matter how much or how little I… — Rey Mellomida Copy Share Image
“Nothing in the tangible word that isn't living has any value beyond a dollar amount. Considering that dollars can only buy more tangible and… — Ashly Lorenzana Copy Share Image
