Possess

Famous quotes containing the word possess:

“It requires more than a day’s devotion to know and to possess the wealth of a day.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“[T]he most artful method [of courtship] would be this, to tell her that what she doth not possess is useless and contemptible, that weakness and imperfection is the perfection of a woman, that I am stark mad in love with ignorance; and thus shall I allure her by calling her [a] fool.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)

“Comfort and convenience possess a magical power; little by little they suck in even people with strong wills.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)