Master Quotes

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Miss, n. A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the… — Ambrose Bierce
The famous Zen parable about the master for whom, before his studies, mountains were only mountains, but during his studies mountains were no longer mountains,… — Rebecca Solnit
Then he [The Star Child] waited, marshaling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he… — Arthur C. Clarke
Go back to the abyss! Fall into nothingness that awaits you and your master! — J.R.R. Tolkien
But when he has done this, let him not say that he knows better than his master, for he only holds a candle in sunshine. — William Blake
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a… — Winston Churchill
Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an… — William Faulkner
Shall I ever be able to read that story again; the one I couldn't remember? Will you tell it to me, Aslan? Oh do,do,do." "Indeed,yes,… — C.S. Lewis
Satan has control now. No matter where you look, he is in control, even in our own land. He is guiding the governments as far… — Joseph Fielding Smith
There is between sleep and us something like a pact, a treaty with no secret clauses, and according to this convention it is agreed that,… — Maurice Blanchot
I will have but one mistress and no master — Elizabeth I
He didn't have a single clue what was going on with these two strangers, but every instinct told him Master George equaled good, Mistress Jane… — James Dashner
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is a way to master silence Control its curves, inhabit its dark corners And listen to the hiss of time outside — Paul Bowles
Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent. To assert… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I was very afraid at the beginning, until Master told me that pain isn't the truth; it's what you have to get through in order… — Deepak Chopra
Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its… — Alan Moore
Man is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some period of his life everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship… — David O. McKay
His name is Marcus: he is four and a half and possesses that deep gravity and seriousness that only small children and mountain gorillas have… — Neil Gaiman
It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those… — J.R.R. Tolkien

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