Famous quotes containing the word possess:
“Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour. He will always use it in evidence against you.”
—Herbert, Sir Beerbohm (18531917)
“I had a consuming ambition to possess a millers thumb. I believe I have never since wanted anything more desperately than I wanted my right thumb to be flattened as my fathers had become, during his earlier years of a millers life.”
—Jane Addams (18601935)
“Comfort and convenience possess a magical power; little by little they suck in even people with strong wills.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (18601904)
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