{"quotes":[{"text":"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.","author":"John Steinbeck","tags":["history","john-steinbeck","land","owners","revolt","the-grapes-of-wrath"],"id":19612,"author_id":"John+Steinbeck"},{"text":"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.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adage","adages","africa","african","aphorism","aphorisms","axiom","axioms","basic-needs","busy","busyness","civilization","civilized","companies","company","cook","cooking","deep","dictum","dictums","eat","eat-out","eating","employee","employees","epigram","epigrams","exploit","exploitation","exploited","food","funny","gnome","gnomes","groceries","grocery","humor","humorous","humour","hunger","hungry","innate","insightful","laziness","lazy","made-me-think","make-a-living","make-you-think","maxim","maxims","owner","owners","persuade","philosopher","produce","production","profound","progress","proverb","proverbs","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","of-the-day","quotes","restaurant","satire","satirical","satirist","satirists","saying","sayings","self-presavation","south-africa","south-african","starvation","starve","survival","survive","sustenance","takeaway","takeaways","takeout","thought-provoking","thoughtful","uncivilized"],"id":142124,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Most of the dreams that have suffered to death were murdered by their own owners.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["big-dreams","dead","death","die","dream-big","dream-killer","dream-killers","dreamers","dreams","kill","murder","own","owner","owners","suffer","suffering"],"id":177502,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"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.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["book","books","contract","contracts","copyright","copyrights","hardcover","humor","humour","ink","literature","own","owner","owners","ownership","paper","paperback","philosopher","philosophy","print","printing","publisher","publishers","publishing","satire","satirist","social-criticism"],"id":193123,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"A dog can express more with his tail in minutes than an owner can express with his tongue in hours.","author":"Karen Davison","tags":["dog","dog-lovers","dogs","owners","tail"],"id":303969,"author_id":"Karen+Davison"},{"text":"I don't know if cats understand what their owners say, but they do have a strong survival instinct.","author":"Manel Loureiro","tags":["cats","instinct","owners","say","strong","survival"],"id":433859,"author_id":"Manel+Loureiro"},{"text":"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.","author":"Jess C. Scott","tags":["animals","dog","dogs","friends","friendship","hachiko","love","lovers","loyalty","owners","paraphrase-of-brian-robinson","pets"],"id":439963,"author_id":"Jess+C.+Scott"},{"text":"Positive thinkers always affirm blessings on themselves and see themselves as legitimate heirs.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["affirm","affirmations","bless","blessings","food-for-thought","heirs","i-am-a-blessing","israelmore-ayivor","legitimate","owners","positive","positive-thinkers","positive-thinking","think","thinking","thoughts"],"id":474068,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":8,"pages":1}}