Master Quotes

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

I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions.

Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.

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

Frank Sinatra taught me how to do him. It took me seven years to master him. He would tell me, tap your foot, Rich, and don't forget to grasp your sleeve.

Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.

The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

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

In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my father was the chess master of the region, and so he had him to his house every night.

For years, my master had done his utmost to pollute my mind with foul images, and to destroy the pure principles inculcated by my grandmother, and the good mistress of my childhood.

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 master and a jealous mistress.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.