Famous quotes containing the word possess:
“Men seek to be great; they would have offices, wealth, power, and fame. They think that to be great is to possess one side of nature,the sweet, without the other side,the bitter.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Fewer and fewer Americans possess objects that have a patina, old furniture, grandparents pots and pansthe used things, warm with generations of human touch, ... essential to a human landscape. Instead, we have our paper phantoms, transistorized landscapes. A featherweight portable museum.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)
“The second sight possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they dont wear trousers.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
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