#ownership

What we possess owns us, and we absolutely own nothing. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#posessions #quotes-to-live-by #death

One never owns a book. It sits on your shelf in a fine edition like a piece of furniture, and you are its admiring ward until it flies off from you in a time of financial hardship. If it is a tattered paperback, she is your casual mistress you use a few times. If you have read it a hundred times then it is your wife, and a source of infinite mystery. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #libraries #ownership #funny

You own me,” he said, water sputtering against his lips as his head bobbed at the surface. “You have lock and key, deed to the house, the welcome mat, all that shit. It’s all yours, baby.” “I’ll have to take good care of my property, then.” “And I’ll have to behave on and off the premises. I may be a little rowdy, but...I’ll use my manners.” I sent him a small splash. “No swearing, invading personal space, or forgetting your pleases and thank-yous.” A glimmer twinkled in his irises, and for a moment, it looked as if he was the one about to drown. “Damn straight,” he pulled me against him abruptly, nose to nose. “Now please get over here and fucking kiss me. ↗

— Rachael Wade

#ownership #soul-mates #love

[As a screenwriter] I have a sense of exile from thought, a nostalgia of the quiet room and balanced mind. I am a writer, and there comes a time when that which I write has to belong to me, has to be written alone and in silence, with no one looking over my shoulder, no one telling me a better way to write it. It doesn't have to be great writing, it doesn't even have to be terribly good. It just has to be mine." (A Qualified Farewell) ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#ownership #solitude #writing #writing-craft

We would much prefer to see ownership in the hands of the Maple Group, if only because we would much rather see Canadian ownership of our stock exchange. What we are first of all interested in is making sure that Montreal is able to preserve that niche or expertise. ↗

— Jean Charest

#because #canadian #exchange #expertise #first

The quality of ownership is not what it was in yesteryear. ↗

— Art Modell

#quality

I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it. ↗

— Bill Rancic

#backbone #big #big fan #business #courage

When the new ownership came in, they made some decisions I wasn't pleased with. And when they changed the whole aspect of it, I just totally lost interest. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#came #changed #decisions #i #interest

If you own this story you get to write the ending. ↗

— Brené Brown

#personal-responsibility #self #story #taking-ownership #life

You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation. ↗

— Barbara Castle

#fragmentation #meant #ownership #private #private ownership