Possess

Famous quotes containing the word possess:

“It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)

“That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)