It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.
But who names a starship the Icarus? What kind of man possess that much hubris, that he dares it to fall?
Nature is the ultimate technology; a technology we are still too immature, arrogant, possessive and careless to care for responsibly.
You want to be possessed, but not controlled. You want to be protected, but not smothered. You want to be dominated, but only in one way.
It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.
At last the best of artisans ordained that that creature to whom He had been able to give nothing proper to himself should have joint possession of whatever had been peculiar to each of the different kinds of being.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
A tattoo is art and not a possession as love is beauty and intangible. A tattoo is a promise, not an accessory.
A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think?
It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city and possess all the attractions of the next world
Why certainly, words possess power. They do! But releasing their magic requires combining and arranging those words in the right order.
It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless.
I grew with it, and I used to go to see the monks, who had no possessions, even more extreme than my mother.
My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
Jedi act with confidence, move with confidence, and breathe with confidence. Jedi possess a confident calmness in their looks, attitude and behaviour.
Knowledge is power but too much power tends to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
As a medium, electronic screens possess infinite capacities and instant interconnections, turning words into a new kind of active agent in the world.
All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men.
The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.
