Masters Quotes

Vanity is the most despotic and iniquitous of masters, and I can never be the slave of my own vices.

Speak seldom, but to important subjects, except such as particularly relate to your constituents, and, in the former case, make yourself perfectly master of the subject.

I only wish, while I am a servant of the public, to know the will of my masters, that I may govern my self accordingly.

Man thinks, and at once becomes the master of the beings that do not think.

Bruce Smith is a tender master of music, and beautiful lines, and complex thoughts, and fascinating wild personal and cultural references.

I'm the master of the wicket!

What's so fascinating about people is what they don't show. People are masters at it; usually actors show too much.

It's not like I have a master plan or anything.

Your fate is to be what you are. As mine is to be what I am...your master.

the unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives.

There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.

Unless we do more than simply learn the trade of our time, we are but apprentices, and not yet masters of the art of life.

He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.

Keep a secret, it's your slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

The present system is unsustainable. The only question is whether we will master the change or it will master us.

If you serve too many masters, you'll soon suffer.

Ill fares the State where many masters rule; let one be lord, one king supreme.

Religion is the call to confront reality; to master the self.

George Moore unexpectedly pinched my behind. I felt rather honored that my behind should have drawn the attention of the great master of English prose.

We are not going to succeed because Taliban are masters of guerrilla warfare

Servitude, in many cases, is not forced upon by the masters, but a temptation of the servants.

There is no Master but the Master,” he said, “and QT-1 is his prophet.

Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?

But you speak of Master Gandalf, as if he was in a story that had come to an end.' 'Yes, we do,' said Pippin sadly. 'The story seems to be going on, but I am afraid Gandalf has fallen out of it.

This expression of abandon and surrender, of absolute trust, he reserved for the master alone.

Punk music is perfect for me because I'm not, like, a master at any instrument.

This sacrifice of a pawn nowadays is only played for drawing purposes. Especially against the very strongest masters it has proved to be quite useful to this end.

The true masters of the art of living are already happy.

Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.

If you are not setting a trap, then you are probably walking into one. It is the mark of the master to do both at once.

You're a master on blues piano. The real deal.

With RoboCop, I couldn't be happier because it's such a quality director.José Padilha is a young master.

General rules have been legislated into being by past masters.

I was 14 or 15 when I discovered poetry, and I pretty much stopped writing prose until Master of Reality.

To draw true beauty shows a master's hand.

In a world of bosses, you are your own master

We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us.

Wealth and honours, which most men pursue, easily change masters; they desert to the side which excels in virtue, industry, and endurance of toil, and they abandon the slothful.

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.

I'm not a practicing kabbalist. I'm not a spiritual master. I'm not a rabbi. I don't - but it's part of who I am.

He is great enough that is his own master.

Ah, monsieur, to live in the bosom of the sea! Only there can independence be found! There I recognize no master! There I am free!

The New Testament states that man cannot serve two masters. He must choose one -God, and not the other - money. For what man chooses will reveal his heart.

The thing about fate is, are you the master of your fate, or are the stars?

This life is a dance, not a battle. We are all part of this world, not masters of it.

But I never plotted a master plan for following my dreams.

I studied shades, textures by painting after the Old Masters, the classical European paintings, as part of my educational process.

Any talented decadent can make unreality believable. To make reality convincing is another matter, a matter for only the greatest masters.

Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.

We are reaching deep within ourselves to adjust the master knob.