A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman.
Monopolistic capitalism is to blame for this; it sunders the right to own property from responsibility that owning property involves. Those who own only a few stocks have no practical control of any industry. They vote by postcard proxy, but they have rarely even seen "their" company. The two elements which ought to be inextricably joined in any true conception of private property - ownership and responsibility - are separated. Those who own do not manage; those who manage; those who manage and work do not control or own.
I hate the amount of communication, the obligation that you have just by owning a phone.
Love is not about owning someone, but about loving them.
I couldn't imagine owning beauty like my mothers. I wouldn't dare.
Men love you more if they can be made a little uncertain about owning you.
There's no delight in owning anything unshared.
As I noticed feelings and thoughts appear and disappear, it became increasingly clear that they were just coming and going on their own. . . . There was no sense of a self owning them.
You may sometimes be much in the Wrong, in owning your being in the Right.
I've wanted to own a DeLorean since I was 10 years old, but it always seemed like a silly daydream. Like owning the 'A-Team' van or something.
Anyhow they’re always exceptions. But most women, their only relationship to a man is having. Either owning or being owned.
Happiness doesn't come from making a fortune and owning lots of possessions. 'Stuff' doesn't bring happiness. Family, friends, good health and the satisfaction that comes from making a positive difference are what really matter.
If forgiving depended on the culprit owning up, then the victim would always be at the mercy of the perpetrator. The victim would be bound in the shackles of victimhood.
What we have to get straight in our heads is that owning the money doesn't mean ANYTHING. "It's the DOING with money that develops us - it's not in the having. And when you have more, you're enabled to DO more. "
Owning our past allows us to own our future.
Was he a good kisser, Ms. Lane?” Barrons asked, watching me carefully. I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand at the memory. “It was like being owned. ” Some women like that. ” Not me. ” Perhaps it depends on the man doing the owning. ” I doubt it. I couldn’t breathe with him kissing me. ” One day you may kiss a man you can’t breathe without, and find breath is of little consequence. ” Right, and one day my prince might come. ” I doubt he’ll be a prince, Ms. Lane. Men rarely are.
Rooting for the Yankees is like owning a yacht.
The earth doesn't belong to anyone. It is the land upon which all of us are to live for many years, ploughing, reaping and destroying. You are always a guest on this earth and have the austerity of a guest. Austerity is far deeper than owning only a few things. The very word austerity has been spoilt by the monks, by the sannyasis, by the hermits. Sitting on that high hill alone in the solitude of many things, many rocks and little animals and ants, that word has no meaning.
After owning books, almost the next best thing is talking about them.
I don't see any justification for the federal government owning land, other than the Statue of Liberty and maybe a few parks, maybe a few refuges. But to just own land to do nothing with it I think is a disservice to the Constitution.