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«A woman who has no way of expressing herself and of realizing herself as a full human being has nothing else to turn to but the owning of material things»
«The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them around a bit.»
«Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.»
«Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.»
«The things you own end up owning you.»
Author: Tyler Durden | Keywords: owning
«Can't you see you go public and all these people owning you want is dividends and running their stock up, you don't give them that and they sell you out, you do and some bunch of vice presidents some place you never heard of like the ones that turned this out, this wood product they call it, they spot you and launch an offer and all of a sudden you're working for them trimming and cutting and finally bringing in people to turn something out they don't care what the hell it is, there's no pride in their work because what you've got them turning out nobody could be proud of in the first place.»
«The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.»
«The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.»
«There is no delight in owning anything unshared.»
Author: Seneca | About: Sharing | Keywords: delight, owning, unshared
«They do not sweat and whine about their condition, they do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, they do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things, not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago.»