Master Quotes

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Every man should be master of anything he does and should do it in a masterly manner, with love, no matter what it is, whether… — Walter Russell
I hymn and bless Your uncountable compassion and philanthropy, as You desired to number me with Your chosen servants. Look down, now, upon me the… — Marina of Aguas Santas
Then here's to the heartening wassail, Wherever good fellows are found; Be its master instead of its vassal, and order the glasses around. — Ogden Nash
Here's a toast to the roast that good fellowship lends, with the sparkle of beer and wine; May its sentiment always be deeper, my friends,… — Ogden Nash
Today I may way before an awestruck world; I am still master of my fate. I am still captain of my soul. — Winston Churchill
Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a… — Compay Segundo
I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic. — Shelley Berman
We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without having your master… — Henry L. Stimson
Man's knowledge of science has clearly outstripped his knowledge of man. Our only hope of making the atom servant rather than master lies in education,… — Unknown Author
Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh? — Aristophanes
To understand a sentence means to understand a language. To understand a language means to be master of a technique. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master… — Baron de Montesquieu
Help, master, help! here's a fish hangs in the net, like a poor man's right in the law; 'twill hardly come out. — William Shakespeare
The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no… — Confucius
All ages have said and repeated that one should strive to know one's self. This is a strange demand which no one up to now… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men had better be without education than be educated by their rulers; for their education is but the mere breaking in of the steer to… — Thomas Hodgskin
O my darling books! A day will come when you will be laid out on the salesroom table, and others will buy and possess you-persons,… — Unknown Author
If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all. — Gautama Buddha
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel? — Irwin Shaw
Even in the heat of a middlegame battle the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending. — David Bronstein

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