Possess

Famous quotes containing the word possess:

“Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)

“Not that the Red Indian will ever possess the broad lands of America. At least I presume not. But his ghost will.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)