A Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

Owning is owing, having is hoarding.

Ursula K. Le Guin

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Having Hoarding Owing Owning

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Ursula K. Le Guin
American - Novelist
October 21, 1929 - January 22, 2018

You're better off owning 30 percent and having two amazing partners who compliment you and are equally as driven as you are than having 100 percent and only having one aspect of it, unless you're a super genius who is creative and business-minded at the same time.

Rob Dyrdek

Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.

Jeff Cooper

Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.

George Steinbrenner

Owning a TVR in the past was like owning a bear. I mean it was great, until it pulled your head off, which it would.

Jeremy Clarkson

Owning stocks is like having children - don't get involved with more than you can handle.

Peter Lynch

I have no hoarding tendencies whatsoever. I'm a purger. I am constantly throwing things out. Like everyone, I have a scary junk drawer or corner of the closet. And those little dark corners weigh on me enough to know how hard it must be to be a hoarder. And I also think that's why these hoarding shows are so popular, because it taps into something we all feel in ourselves. We hold onto things we don't need.

Paul Marcarelli

People who wander are nicer to be with. Movement militates against hoarding possessions and against bigotry, because you are constantly moving across boundaries and having to negotiate with people.

Robyn Davidson

Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven

Charles Petzold

Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.

Guru Nanak

You need to understand this. We did not think we owned the land. The land was part of us. We didn't even know about owning the land. It is like talking about owning your grandmother - you can't own your grandmother. She just is your grandmother. Why would you talk about owning her?

Kent Nerburn

In many respects, this country is becoming an oligarchy, with a tiny percentage of America owning the media, owning the country.

Bernie Sanders

I've never really dreamed of owning a home. I don't think you go into the arts and also dream of owning a home.

Amy Seimetz

Anyhow they’re always exceptions. But most women, their only relationship to a man is having. Either owning or being owned.

Ursula K. Le Guin

My number one financial priority is security. Not having to worry about how I am going to meet the bills and not owing anybody anything. I keep my outgoings as low as possible and save as much as I can.

Kate Thornton

Owning the intellectual property is like owning land: You need to keep investing in it again and again to get a payoff; you can't simply sit back and collect rent.