Owning Quotations

I made an enormous amount of money in the record business as a result of owning so much of what I was doing... I owned all those albums and continued to own my catalog.

For me, not owning a car means I may spend a little extra time on public transportation, but I can use that time to read, catch up on work projects, and make the phone calls I couldn't get to earlier. Plus, I never waste time at the mechanics or gas station.

Owning equities is an essential part of anyone's portfolio. You just can't ignore it over time. It's going to add the real pop to anyone's overall performance.

Protect the consumer by owning the product all the way from the soil to the table.

Now that I'm a grandfather myself, I realize that the best thing about having grandkids is that you get the kid for the best part of the ride - kind of like owning a car for only the first 10,000 miles. You can have your grandchildren for a couple of days and then turn them back over to the parents.

The Barefoot College is supposed to be a sparking off process. People are adopting it and owning it, which is really the story behind the college.

Everyone has the idea of owning good companies. The problem is that they have high prices in relations to assets and earnings, and that takes all of the fun out of the game.

Owning a variety of asset classes means that some part of your portfolio will be doing well when the cyclical turmoil arises. A broadly diversified portfolio includes large capitalization stocks, small cap, emerging markets, fixed income, real estate and commodities.

As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.

One culture I find fascinating to juxtapose against American culture is the culture of Germany. They've gone through a long process through their art, poetry, public discourse, their politics, of owning the fact of their complicity in what happened in World War II. It's still a topic of everyday conversation in Germany.

It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps and operating system category, partly because of the dynamics of owning and controlling the operating system: that gave you enormous power, and I came to see Bill Gates was fierce competitor.

The music industry is such a different world from the acting world. Everything is really last minute, but I love the challenge, and I love owning my material and being able to put out what I want.

'Vagabond' is about owning where I come from, understanding the real power music had to transport myself with, whether that's busking in Europe or getting number ones.

Having a child doesn't make a woman a mother any more than owning a paintbrush makes her Frida Kahlo.

I love the work of Matisse and Picasso, but I don't have enough millions to own one. And I don't really believe in owning art, anyway.

We really need to change taxation policy so that it is not skewed against owning more than one house.

I have always wondered why more women did not look into owning their own funds. Granted, it is a high stress, high risk business, but it also offers high rewards and control.

I learned early on what debt means, how vulnerable it makes people, what the security of owning a home means.

Federal law prohibits anyone convicted of a felony from owning a gun. Seems like kind of a good idea, no?

Owning a great golf course gives you great power.

For many of us, owning a home signaled a passage into adulthood that coincided with the start of a career and family.

Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.

Owning great landmarks such as the Empire State Building or Trump Tower or the General Motors Building or the Plaza Hotel - there are certain just spectacular landmarks - it's an honor; it's really an honor.

The potential advantages that we can get from owning Egg make it clear that retaining it is the right decision,

World of Warcraft is completely owning the online game space right now. Look, Matrix Online is good, but it's like being in the early '90s and trying to put a fighting game up against Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter; it's just not going to happen. There are a lot of other online games that are just sucking wind right now because so many people are playing WOW.

World of Warcraft' is completely owning the online game space right now.

The fact that she still says that she did nothing wrong, and not owning up to anything is the problem. That bothers me.

When was the last time somebody cheered for T-bill interest rates? But you cheer when your team is on the court, so there is a lot to be said for the psychic value of owning a sports team.

There are many advantages to owning your home - but we do think that sometimes the advantages to renting are overlooked. Neither owning nor renting is the right choice for everybody at all points in their life.

Since I work in home solar, I can't resist focusing on the amazing developments happening here. What many homeowners don't know is that they can have solar installed on their roofs without owning the panels or paying the high upfront costs.

Most people see condo living as somewhere between owning your own home and renting an apartment, but it's more like owning your own home. There's a responsibility that each homeowner has, whether they accept it or not,

One of the advantages of owning commodities is that they have a low correlation to equities and bonds. By adding a low correlative asset to a portfolio, you lower the overall risk.

No officer of the company has to sign or attest that the information in it is correct and there is no authority at the federal government level to enforce it. My best advice is if you can open and run your own business, do that instead of owning a franchise. Check out our website and see the potential problems with franchise agreement provisions and the problems that franchisees face.

Maybe Exxon will go up a little bit today because they beat the earnings; but remember, the stock has dropped 7 points in the last couple of weeks. So I would say this is really not a very dynamic investment. People like it and get a little dividend. You are really wasting your time with these stocks because you invest money in them and in two years, you have the same price as you had from the time you invested. So you really, in a sense, lose money by owning these stocks.

My sense of injustice about our family's 'weirdness' in not owning a car was amplified by the fact that we did not own a television, either - my parents were unapologetic about this and told me very cheerfully that I would thank them for it when I was older, which was quite true.

One of their fundamental strategies was the same as ours - to move into businesses that were fee-driven and not so capital-intensive, and that is managing hotels instead of owning them.

I would encourage you to look at TIPS or other ways of owning companies that are pricing power beneficiaries, or at least neutral and able to pass on cost increases.

If they're spending time wondering how to own the customer, they're thinking about the wrong thing. With this much information available to consumers, owning the customer is not a reality.

If they lose their legal basis for owning a .cn domain, google.cn would cease to exist, or if it continued to exist, it would be illegal, and doing anything blatantly illegal in China puts their employees at serious risk.

If we continue with our current patterns of spending above our incomes, by 2013 the U.S. foreign liabilities could be as high as 75 percent of GDP and an increasing fraction of such liabilities will be in the form of equity. So, let us stop whining about the dangers of unfriendly foreigners owning our firms and assets and get used to it.

I love art that haunts me, that stays with me, that is left embedded in my mind. I don't really think there is any use for owning or collecting art; it is more about remembering and preserving it in the minds eye and allowing it into your cultural DNA.

Fox just had to overpay on a rights fee basis for the Celtics games in order to keep the lights on the Boston market, ... So they're saving a lot of money owning the Dodgers. If the Dodgers' broadcast rights were up for public bid right now, they could go to an astronomical sum, and that would mean either a loss of programming for Fox or far greater costs.

Further above inflation rises in fuel and council tax bills are expected to drive up further the costs of owning and running a home this year. Council tax and utility bills will overtake mortgage payments as the largest cost for homeowners this year.

If a deal doesn't get done, bondholders are looking at owning a credit that has seen its financial performance deteriorate at kind of a staggering rate.

I enjoy being my own boss and owning my own business.

For Web-based services, owning the .com is very important when considering search and discovery. But consider your channel. For companies playing in the mobile app space, the dot com may be less important - it's about status and searchability in the app store.

If we are believing that part-time residents are the ones owning all these trophy homes, then we are not prepared for the reality that they are living here and voting here.

There is more risk in owning longer-dated securities in a period of rising inflation.

What we have accomplished, we have with volunteers. This is going to take time, but we have moved ahead impressively, now owning our own building. We have touched thousands so far and it can only grow and get better.

Habitat is very careful not to put a family in a home that's not ready for home ownership. There's a big difference between renting and owning a home, financially and in regards to responsibility. We would never want to set a family to fail by putting them in a position they're not ready for.

Historically, very few children have thought of entrepreneurship as a career choice. We are hoping this game will move the thought of owning their own business to the same cognitive level as other more popular career choices, ... Our children are our future, and since more than 50 percent of new jobs come from small business, it is imperative that we encourage today's children to be the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

He was our catalyst offensively, and he does a great job of owning his space. He knew the area where he could hurt people the most, and he?s a great passer. He moved the ball around and got everyone else involved. He did whatever it took to win.

I think by my father owning a store, I was definitely aware of the commercial aspect of selling clothes. His shop was a place I enjoyed spending time in as a boy, so I learned things almost by osmosis at times, by literally just being around all the action and not really despite myself.

It had to be someone who knew they could never display them or sell them, but was obsessed with owning them.

Owning the parts tends to be a lot safer and a lot more rewarding,

Owning reserves doesn't change the price. If the price of oil goes to $125 a barrel, and China owns a field in Sudan, the price for them is still $125.

Owning precious metals because you think the world is going to end? Forget it,

Owning broadcast towers and printing presses were useless. The Web proved to be a better media in a case like this.

Owning a Chrysler, Jeep or Dodge vehicle should be a worry free experience for customers. Therefore, our goal with the Miles of Freedom Plan is to provide our customers with ownership benefits unequaled in the industry. The combination of free gasoline, free scheduled maintenance and a full-warranty puts our customer's mind at ease and allows them to fully experience the joy of driving one of our vehicles.

Other than my family and my close friends, there's nothing I love more than owning the team and doing everything I can to make it a success. That's how I live. That is me.

Sprint is the first carrier in the United States to deliver what customers want most in a wireless store, the instant gratification of downloading and owning their own personal collection of high-quality songs on a device that is always with them.

Some investors just like the idea of owning gold. There?s a certain romance to it, and that?s one of the reasons people buy it. But is that what investors should be doing? Not necessarily. If you?re going to hold it, make it a small piece of your portfolio.

Mastering your fear means accepting it, owning it, and making it work for you instead of against you.

I think it will improve liquidity and the attractiveness of owning Canadian financial assets, although I don't see it as a watershed event for Canadian financial markets.

Mammoth is an incredible community and world-class attraction, ... We're committed to creating a vibrant living experience that matches the natural, majestic beauty of the area. 80/50 Mammoth will make the new Village at Mammoth one of the hottest year-round playgrounds in North America. For the first time, Mammoth will be a place where outdoor enthusiasts can experience the unparalleled amenities and services of a five-star resort hotel combined with privileges of owning a prestigious second home.

Microsoft has recognized that owning a significant piece of real estate in the living room is key to them being a winner in digital entertainment, ... This is a strategic investment and part of a long-term plan for them.

We continue to have eight groups that are very active and desirous of owning the team,

We wanted to live with our art. But the pleasure is not from owning the objects. The pleasure and the satisfaction come from using the objects to glean an understanding of a culture and a society so many years ago.

We are actively seeking to prevent these kind of things from falling into the hands of people who have no legitimate reason for owning them. It is against the law to own or sell them. We will investigate the information passed to us by the Manchester Evening News.

We want the essays written for the Take The Challenge contest to inspire others on the road to a home purchase. This is a great way for both renters and current homeowners to publicly express how owning a home can make a difference in their lives.

What I relish most is when a member of my staff, who has worked with passion and patience towards achieving their dream of owning a restaurant, walks up to me and says, 'Nobu! I have done it!'

We know that people need homes, but there's ... something about owning a home and buying something that increases your chances for success.

This report validates the success of our strategy to focus on owning the high-end market from day one, a market that has vastly different networking and security requirements than small to mid-size companies and was underserved by existing single function security appliances that were essentially PC platforms. Only Crossbeam delivers a no compromises approach that combines best-in-breed security applications from leading ISVs, multi-gigabit performance and carrier-grade reliability into innovative UTM devices that strengthen network security while lowering total cost of ownership.

To me, that would almost be like Bud Adams owning the Chiefs, you know what I mean? I imagine them putting him out to pasture here.

There are lots of eBay account information and names and addresses of the people owning those accounts. Names, passwords, all matched up.

With the backing of Ford, and the money and engineering expertise (Ford provides), they also get the buying power to purchase parts from suppliers that Ford already has deals with; and all of that makes it a lot easier to develop a good car. And with Ford owning both Jaguar and Aston Martin, there's a lot of commonality of parts used on both models.

With such little evidence that many employees understand or appreciate the risk of owning large amounts of company stock, diversification remains an issue in many plans.

Both owning asset management and not owning asset management are reasonable positions to take.

We wanted our customer base to be owning our bank, and that's how it's worked out. I think in the long term, you're better off having a community bank owned by the community.

This thing's working. We're painting cars now as we speak. As I always stated right from the beginning, if there ever was a problem, then it's us owning it. But right now, we don't have a problem.

We have done better owning gold than shares.

Even retirees who like retirement often want to keep active and involved. They want a blend of work and leisure, and that often means owning a manager-run unit.

Either you control your costs better by being integrated vertically by owning production, or the alternative is capturing new revenue streams.

Being YOUR SELF means owning our feelings then responding to them rather than reacting.

Every kid has a dream of owning and driving a race car. I have always had a love for cars especially fast cars, and this is a dream come true. I'll stick to driving the basketball lane and let P.J. handle the fast lane.

At the time we made an announcement, we said we were sensitive to dealer concerns and that we would make modifications, ... The dealers were pretty direct in indicating they didn't want the manufacturer going into the retail business, owning dealerships 100 percent.

Essentially we want to provide an appropriate balance between professional services and managed services to those accounts and owning the IT function of those small businesses.

There's no hard and fast rule, but a basic rule of thumb is that it takes a thousand acres to justify owning a combine.

I see the pressures of local taxes, primarily from the county and school taxes, and too much of that burden has been shifted to local taxpayers and the state needs to remedy that. Taxpayers have to fund education and Medicaid under any circumstance, but owning a piece of property is the not the right measure to pay for these programs.

The thing that really upset me is that Sheehan outworked us, especially on the boards. There are more aspects to basketball than scoring. Especially in the state tournament, the things that allow you to advance are playing tough defense and owning the backboards. I didn't see enough white shirts (Fitch) boxing Sheehan out. All the glory goes to the offense, but we have to make a commitment to rebounding and defense. It's hard work. That's why we lost by five instead of winning by 10.

I've always had money because of my early success with Cream, so I tell young musicians to aim to write their own material, because owning the composition rights makes a very big difference.

I wanted to express to the players, the coaches and really the whole staff what being involved with the New York Giants has meant to my father. For the 14 years he's had the privilege of owning this team, it's been the greatest gift for him, professionally and personally.

Term is for a set number of years and is designed to cover years at risk. Permanent is like owning coverage instead of renting it.

Perhaps it's time to stop analyzing Sarah Palin as a politician. Maybe, in her own muddled way, she is at last owning up to the fact that she has been miscast. You don't need politics anymore once you've discovered that the alchemy of celebrity has turned you into a 24-carat phenomenon.

Purchasing a suite at Point Grace means not only owning a piece of Caribbean paradise, but also owners have the opportunity to be a part of an established property with high-levels of service.

People understand real estate because they either own it or live in it. You ride by those apartment building or those office buildings with a plaque from your REIT and say, 'I own those.' It's kind of like owning McDonald's.

People think nothing of owning a stock for minutes at a time. The velocity of trading is staggering and completely unprecedented.

Of course, we didn't look smart in 1999 owning Philip Morris.

Some only fly for very specific types of training. We need to talk about how we could provide some types of ratings without owning the equipment.

No matter how challenged people are financially, owning a home remains one of the basics -- a first building block in the American dream,