Master Quotes

2461 quotes by 1580 authors

No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man. — Thomas Huxley
I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled… — Harriet Ann Jacobs
The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its… — Henry James
I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. — Thomas Jefferson
The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and… — Thomas Jefferson
We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we… — Barbara Jordan
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept… — John F. Kennedy
There's people who I admire like... Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, Master P, people who built their stuff and are still going. — Wiz Khalifa
I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history. — Charles Krauthammer
My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe. — Lenny Kravitz
A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the… — Milan Kundera
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. — Dalai Lama
Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks -… — Jon Landau
Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left. — Christopher Lasch
I quickly realized that this medium had a lot to offer someone like me. To do Disney-quality hand-drawn cartoons, you have to be a master… — John Lasseter
I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to… — Queen Latifah
There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master. — D. H. Lawrence
Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner. — Spike Lee
Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically… — Jet Li
The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall… — A J Liebling

Who Wrote These Master Quotes

1,580 authors contributed a total of 2,461 Master Quotes, led by these top contributors: