237 Quotes About Ownership

Breakthroughs come in four stages. First you take ownership in the mind, next your eyes, then your mouth, and finally with your hands.

Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take ownership of an idea — whether it’s about politics or sports — what do we do? We love it perhaps more than we should. We prize it more than it is worth. And most frequently, we have trouble letting go of it because we can’t stand the idea of its loss. What are we left with then? An ideology — rigid and unyielding.

Nobody owns the knowledge, We must pass it to others.

the fact that maybe men think if they just name everything, everything’ll be okay, the fact that it’s like dogs marking their territory

Except for a few special cases, title to every parcel of real property derives from an act of violence, more or less remote, and ownership is only as valid as the strength and will required to maintain it. This is the lesson of history, whether you like it or not.”“The mourning of defeated peoples, while pathetic and tragic, is usually futile,” said Kelse.

The world economy would collapse if a significant number of people were to realize and then act on the realization that it is possible to enjoy many if not most of the things that they enjoy without first having to own them.

We own what belongs to us whether we claim it or not.

Own the moment or the moment will own you

There’s only one person walking in my shoes, and that’s me. And to state that someone else somehow slipped into them and therefore walked me out to this horrible place is to forget that, shoes or not, I still can choose where to walk.