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Owners Quotes - Page 4

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

Gandhi (Mahatma), Horace Gundry Alexander, National Committee for the Gandhi Centenary (1968). “Mahatma Gandhi: 100 years”

From the ownership of women the concept of ownership extends itself to include the products of their industry, and so there arises the ownership of things as well as of persons.

Thorstein Veblen (2016). “THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS: An Economic Study of American Institutions and a Social Critique of Conspicuous Consumption: Development of Institutions That Shape Society and Influence the Livelihood of Citizens: Based on Sociological & Economical Theories of Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer”, p.17, e-artnow

I take ownership of every mistake I've ever made.

"Jenny Sanford stumping for Haley - McMahon ad targets Blumenthal - Poll: Angle closing on Lowden - Biden to campaign with Culver - Gingrich backs Altschuler - Palin on Obama's 'home turf'" by Alexander Burns, www.politico.com. May 13, 2010.

Imperfections are attractive when their owners are happy with them.

Augusten Burroughs (2012). “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.”, p.27, Macmillan

It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.

Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books