Possession Quotations

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.

The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.

They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard test, that they never quarrelled or disputed the possession of a favourite fruit with each other.

Great wealth took possession of the government. It was reflected in Mr. Harding's selection of a cabinet.

God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us to enslave any of our fellow-men, ... to kill any of our fellow-men whom we please and are able to destroy, and take possession of their estates?

Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.

Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time.

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world

The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant.

But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.

When I was a boy, I took over the shed at the bottom of the garden and displayed fossils and potsherds and coins in it and proudly called it my 'museum'. I charged people to come in, and my most prized possession was a Saracen shield dating from the Crusades.

Now, to read poetry at all is to have an ideal anthology of one's own, and in that possession to be incapable of content with the anthologies of all the world besides.

The glorified will not be pilgrims, transient visitors, or tenants at will, but settled, permanent, walled, established by title, through eternity by warrantee deed, signed, sealed, recorded, possession given. No renters, no lessees of Heaven, but all property and home owners.

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

I want to try to prove the world wrong - that you can run and win in the NBA, and you can win big if you keep running. The problem is, can you run for 82 games every minute, every possession of every game?

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

I don't have many possessions, apart from my books.

Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession.

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.

The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which desolate this world below. The thirst for gold is responsible for the most regrettable lapses into sin.

To acquire possession of Latium was of the most decisive importance to Etruria, which was separated by the Latins alone from the Volscian towns that were dependent on it and from its possessions in Campania.

Wonder is that possession of the mind that enchants the emotions while never surrendering reason. It is a grasp on reality that does not need constant high points in order to be maintained, nor is it made vulnerable by the low points of life's struggle.

One's religion is one's own possession and he has a right to it.

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know?

The possession of anything begins in the mind.

When George W. Bush hit the campaign trail in 2000, the precious possession he brought with him from home was his personal feather pillow. The theme of the Bush years was obliviousness. He was famously unavailable for debate and dialogue. He was deaf to countervailing voices. He hit the sack early and always got a good night's sleep.

There is a tendency in all parties, when they have been for a long time in possession of power, to augment it.

After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.

Let me tell you that the children from their very birth are born to evil. Satan seems to have control of them. He seems to take possession of their young minds, and they are corrupted. Why do fathers and mothers act as though a lethargy was upon them? They do not mistrust that Satan is sowing evil seed in their families.

Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.

When I was 7, my proudest possession would have been my bookshelf 'cause I had alphabetized all of the books on my bookshelf.

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

The dwelling places of Europe have an air of inheritance, or cumulative possession - a hive occupied by generations of bees.

Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty.

Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

Love, in the eyes of the world, is either a carnal appetite or a vague fancy, which possession extinguishes or absence destroys. That is why it is commonly said, with a strange abuse of words, that passion does not endure.

I want to destroy ownership in order that possession and enjoyment may be raised to the highest point in every section of the community.

The possession of power unavoidably spoils the free use of reason

The possession of full knowledge does away with the need of trusting, while complete absence of knowledge makes trust evidently impossible.

The possession of a controlled substance was an off-white rock-like substance,

We are proposing to strengthen the criminal law in respect of possession of a limited category of extreme material featuring adults. The intention is to reduce the demand for such material and to send a clear message that it has no place in our society.

We started three guys who haven't played a minute of Division I basketball in this type of environment, and I thought they showed a lot of poise right from the beginning. I thought we competed on every possession right to the end of the game, which was what we had hoped we would do.

We're in possession of irrefutable documentary evidence that shows Reade was not there when she says she was raped. I don't believe a crime occurred, but if it did, he couldn't possibly have been there.

Where the dealers are making a market with a wide spread, but have in their possession an order to buy stocks at a higher price than they're bid, or for a lower price than they're offering, they want the investors and the institutions to see those better bids and offers.

When we have possession of the ball, it's tough for any team to stay with us. When we had the ball we were able to score. We really separated ourselves in the face-off circle.

When we have lapses defensively, then we start throwing rocks at the rim. It all goes downhill at once. We don't get stops and they score and we come down and shoot up rocks. That's the problem with us. One thing happens to us (defensively) and we turn it over or take a bad shot on the next possession and it all collapses.

What a display of free throw shooting by them. It's a possession by possession game and we get beat by nine at the free throw line.

We're going to have to continue that. We're going to have times when we don't score, we turn it over. And when that happens, the next possession we've got to do a very good job of getting the shot that we want.

We're going to do our best to maintain possession of the football. It doesn't mean just running the ball, but being efficient in our passing game and play a little keep away. That is part of our plan. But when push comes to shove, we need to play defense against a very good offense, and our guys are ready to do that.

We're in uncharted waters now for (Scioto girls basketball). We've really focused on trying to play possession basketball. We preach that and we're working harder in practice. We should enjoy our seed, but we don't want to lose our edge.

We knew we were going to get their best shot; we got their best shot tonight. We were a possession away from being out of the game. We basically waited until the last possible second.

We've turned into a possession team. That's what good teams do. To be honest, we learned that from Stanford. There's a team that's extremely disciplined and they don't make a lot of mistakes.

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Whenever we had possession in the second half, we tried to cut into their lead. We did a good job of coming back; that put us into a position to win the game.

Whenever we had an open look for a 3-pointer, we knocked it down. Whenever we had a possession in the second half, we tried to cut into their lead. We did a good job coming back.

Possession naturally abates the Vigour of Desire ...

The property of manliness in a man is a great possession, but perhaps there is none that is less understood, which is more generally accorded where it does not exist, nor more frequently disallowed where it prevails.

There is no joy in possession without sharing.

Italy offers one the most priceless of all one's possessions - one's own soul.

An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts.

We'd get close, then we'd make a bad decision or not be able to finish off a defensive possession with a rebound and things like that. They'd go from up one to five; then we'd have to fight back. It was just an uphill battle all night.

We deserved to win this match. Even though Real Madrid had a lot of possession in the second half, we were able to conserve the score. It's a good start for us and for the fans.

We defended better and we attacked the basket. Our guys inside put up a relentless, tremendous effort. There was one possession where we got three or four offensive rebounds before we finally got fouled.

We have a youthful team and sometimes youthful teams show inexperience under pressure. Even though we were man-up, our inexperience showed. American is a good possession team and they quickly solved the problem of being a man-down.

Possessions are a way of turning money into problems.

We have arrested several people over the last several years that had pistol permits or weapons in their possession when we arrested them for the abuse or the sexual assault.

Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

Nine-tenths of human law is about possession.

If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.

Let your greatest possession be the ability to let go of any possession, joyfully.

Possession means to sit astride the world Instead of having it astride of you.

When I looked on the court last year, about every possession I was seeing four freshmen. We'll be the most experienced sophomore class in the Big Ten. Finally, we have some experience. Finally, now we have some carry-over in knowledge.

Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions.

Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.

We were celebrating a little and they took it personally, and I don't know why. This game wasn't about soccer, it was about who wanted it the most. People were sliding all over the park. We wanted to have more possession in the second half but they defended well and we had to dig deep.

We're competitive now. We struggle to score. That's why every possession is so valuable to us.

Scoring on that first possession was key because of the emotion that goes into this game.

Oh, we're most definitely concerned. You always are when somebody does something and does it well. They have possession receivers and a quarterback that does a good job. We're playing a team that can create big plays and we can't afford to let them have that.

She found a kind of possession of this role, ... There were moments during filming that I was just startled at where she was going.

She kicked her foot at it, and we don't get the call. That was a big possession for us.

She is very athletic, has great hands, is pretty skilled and she has a great work ethic. She doesn't take a possession off.

Meanwhile, he would continue to plot. Nothing in the last dozen years has stopped him - not his agreements; not the discoveries of the inspectors; not the revelations by defectors; not criticism or ostracism by the international community; and not four days of bombings by the US in 1998. What he wants is time and more time to husband his resources, to invest in his ongoing chemical and biological weapons programs, and to gain possession of nuclear arms.

One possession here or there was going to determine this game for either team. Dee's three-point play late was somewhat of a dagger, but he's done that a few times.

One thing you have to decide when you make moves like this is how guys are going to fit in. What we're looking for right now is a guy who can stretch it out and go vertical for us (a big play receiver). I think right now we have enough possession receivers.

(Montpelier) controlled possession a lot of the game, definitely.

Montgomery police are conducting a careful and thorough investigation to determine how this gun discharged and how this boy came to be in possession of the handgun.

Moss is spectacular, we all know that. But with me waiting over the top for him most of the afternoon, you could see the frustration in his eyes, in the way he ran his routes. That's not something that happens with T.O. Every route run is hard and crisp. Every possession has an intent to it.

My Helmut Lang leather pants are my most treasured possession - I've worn them almost every day for two years, and they look good with everything.

Maybe games before they would've got that one play or one possession that put them over the top. But today, we got it and it was the difference.

New Mexico was a very well-coached team. Even though they lost some of the strength from their College Cup finalist team to graduation, their future is certainly bright and it was a privilege to play a club of their caliber. It was a great first half that allowed both teams to get a lot of opportunities, but neither of us could establish possession in the second. I was very proud of our players to battle back and tie.