Owners Quotes

“And the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheaval, the great owners with access to history, with eyes to read history and to know the great fact: when property accumulates in too few hands it is taken away. And that companion fact: when a majority of the people are hungry and cold they will take by force what they need. And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed. The great owners ignored the three cries of history. The land fell into fewer hands, the number of the dispossessed increased, and every effort of the great owners was directed at repression. The money was spent for arms, for gas to protect the great holdings, and spies were sent to catch the murmuring of revolt so that it might be stamped out. The changing economy was ignored, plans for the change ignored; and only means to destroy revolt were considered, while the causes of revolt went on.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

“Never mind, said Hachiko each day. Here I wait, for my friend who’s late. I will stay, just to walk beside you for one more day.”
― Jess C. Scott, Skins, Animal Stories

“A dog can express more with his tail in minutes than an owner can express with his tongue in hours.”
― Karen Davison

“We, in the interest of the so-called progress, have been persuaded to leave the production and at times the cooking of our food to companies whose owners and employees make a living by exploiting our busyness or laziness and our innate hunger to continue living.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

“Most of the dreams that have suffered to death were murdered by their own owners.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Shaping the dream

“In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“I don't know if cats understand what their owners say, but they do have a strong survival instinct.”
― Manel Loureiro, Apocalipsis Z: Los días oscuros

“Positive thinkers always affirm blessings on themselves and see themselves as legitimate heirs.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Dream big!: See your bigger picture!

“Technically, you cannot really own a book you bought; you can only own the sheets of paper your copy is printed on; unless, of course, you are the book’s publisher.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Selfish Genie: A Satirical Essay on Altruism

“During the hurricane Ian disaster the Florida police were warning electric vehicle owners that had flooded vehicles to not turn on or drive them.”
― Steven Magee

“Rebuilding of hurricane Ian damaged homes will likely be muted, as 80% of owners did not have insurance.”
― Steven Magee

“Many owners of solar power systems have learned the hard way about how dangerous a DC arc fault can be!”
― Steven Magee

“The real owners are the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians, they're an irrelevancy. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They've long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the statehouses, the city halls. They've got the judges in their back pockets. And they own all the big media companies, so that they control just about all of the news and information you hear. They've got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying, ­lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want; they want more for themselves and less for everybody else.”
― George Carlin