Edward McKendree Bounds Quotes

I have a great house.

What was the good of having such a fine home if you weren't willing to fight for it?

You own a Tic Tac. Gum is just borrowed. - Esther

Something that is yours forever is never precious

AXIOM. — Property is the Right of Increase claimed by the Proprietor over any thing which he has stamped as his own.

Nine-tenths of human law is about possession.

Who will reach heaven? I do not know, but I am certain that no one will be there who does not feel at home.

I don't mind parting with the corn, but not with the field in which it was raised.

We call heaven our home, as the best name we know to give it.

That which you look upon as your own you may keep only so long as the world allows you to own it.

Property, said Proudhon, is theft. This is the only perfect truism that has been uttered on the subject.

Surprisingly I've never really stolen anything. One time when I was really young, I was walking down the street, found a GI Joe in the mud, and took it home and I was like, "I got a GI Joe!" And then my great grandmother was like, "You stole that." I said, "What are you talking about?" and she said, "That's not yours." I'm like, "But I found it!" She's like, "But it's not yours, and therefore you stole it." So I just went and put it right back in the mud where I found it.

How is it possible for one to own the stars?" "To whom do they belong?" the businessman retorted, peevishly. "I don't know. To nobody.

I want to feel that I own things.

While you have a thing it can be taken from you…..but when you give it, you have given it. no robber can take it from you. It is yours then forever when you have given it. It will be yours always. That is to give.

As he took her hand she saw him look her over from head to foot, a gesture she recognized and that made her feel at home, but gave her always a faint feeling of superiority to whoever made it. If her person was property she could exercise whatever advantage was inherent in its ownership.

Private property has made us so stupid and one-sided that an object is only ours when we have it

Property isn't theft: it's nothing.

Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.

The hamster called. He wants his home back.

Owning a property is great as that's my base and the centre of my family life.

Entry is not equivalent to possession.

I recover my property wherever I find it.

I believe you got my property?

Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.