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Letter "P" » Possessions
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«No man can lose what he never had»
Author: Izaak Walton
| About:
Possessions
«In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.»
Author: Ted Koppel
| About:
Politics,
Possessions
| Keywords:
anchorman, anchormen, Caesar, jester, Jesters, network, Presidents
«Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed»
Author: Desiderius Erasmus
(Editor, Humanist, Priest)
| About:
Possessions
| Keywords:
pitch, profane, Rage for, squeezed
«I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it»
Author: Joan Didion
(Journalist, Novelist)
| About:
Possessions
| Keywords:
land of the dead, owns, The Land
«It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
| About:
Possessions
| Keywords:
alligator, alligators, build up, buying, cars, embarrasses, hurting, parked, silk, suits
«It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly»
«Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where e»
Author: Dalai Lama
| About:
Mankind,
Perfection,
Possessions,
Power,
Progress,
World
| Keywords:
driven, e'en, external, increasingly, insatiable, materialistic, nowadays, possessions, reaching, striving, vast, zenith
«Property is organized robbery.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Possessions
| Keywords:
organized, organizes, property, robberies, robbery
«Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately»
«Possession is nine tenths of the law»
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