Master Quotes

Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.

No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man.

Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

The student will try to defy the master. Always.

Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.

A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.

I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.

I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.

There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work.

Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women.

I will say that Edward Norton, who plays the scout master, would be a first-rate Eagle Scout. He's got all those techniques. If your plane crashes into the jungle somewhere, he would be the guy you would want to have with you.

I miss video games where the jump-kick was the trickiest combo to master.

To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.

I was a huge fantasy geek growing up. I was the dungeon master in my D&D game.

Sam Walton was a master storyteller who used illustrative stories to reinforce his cultural standards.

I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic.

A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant.

My master's degree was in English literature.

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.

When you are editing, the final master is Aristotle and his poetics. You might have a terrific episode, but if people are falling out because there are just too many elements in it, you have to begin to get rid of things.

Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.

I was a master at keeping my feelings in.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

A deck of cards is built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it, a lackey to those above it.

If it's flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft.

The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call him what I will.

It was always disappointing to see that what I could really master in terms of form boiled down to so little.

There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.

Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game.

I'm not the greatest driver. I don't know if I'll ever master the art.

I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

The master's irresponsible power has no such bound.

My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.

My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe.

Common sense is in medicine the master workman.

I'm not a master of films, I'm rather a slave.

Discomfort is very much part of my master plan.

He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself.

Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.

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

Always two there are, a master and an apprentice.

I master my doubts now. I have fun with them, they're my travelling companions.

I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.

I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

But first I want to get my master's degree at Columbia's School of International Public Affairs.

Occasionally a roast master needs to get out of Dodge.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

I feel so entirely in my element with a full orchestra; even if my mortal enemies were marshalled before me, I could lead them, master them, surround them, or repulse them.

I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.

I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?

My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.

I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

Glory to Man in the highest! For Man is the master of things.

Vince Vaughn is a master improviser.

If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.

Sometimes it's liberating to confront horrible things in lyrics as a way to master the shadow-self that exists in everyone.

If you can not master your language you must be it's slave.

Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes.

Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.

An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave.