What Dred Scott’s master might lawfully do with Dred Scott, in the free state of Illinois, every other master may lawfully do with any other one, or 1,000 slaves, in Illinois, or in any other free state. – Roger B. Taney
I can use most of the tools that every American teenager can master. Maybe not all of them. – Rand Paul
I always admired very much the virtuosity in Strauss because, really, he’s a master of using the orchestra. And I like virtuosity, I must say, even if the taste of the music is not always mine. – Pierre Boulez
The secret I’ve lived by ever since I started earning money is this: Always buy a house with an extra bedroom adjoining the master. And that’s always my closet. – Polly Bergen
I’m married to a dear little girl who holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. – Percy Julian
An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave. – Robert Anton Wilson
It is the soul’s duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion. – Rebecca West
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 master the things I do. – Queen Latifah
A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it. – Victor Hugo
The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything except airports and exotic foods. – Timothy Radcliffe
Words can make the illness a subject I can master, and not one that one simply emotes over. – Tony Judt
After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me. – William Lilly
The best leaders… almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols. – Tom Peters
I had written my master’s thesis on Ezra Pound on ‘The Cantos.’ And don’t ask me about it. I don’t remember anything about it. – Sally Mann
As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave. – Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Not all eagles can be trained, but those who take to life with a master display intense loyalty. Although they are not tethered, they always return after killing their prey. – Stephen Kinzer
There’s people who I admire like… Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, Master P, people who built their stuff and are still going. – Wiz Khalifa
If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things. – Vincent Van Gogh
Only the liberation of the natural capacity for love in human beings can master their sadistic destructiveness. – Wilhelm Reich
I’m inspired by my master’s movie ‘Kerd ma lui,’ Bruce Lee’s ‘Fists of Fury,’ and Jackie Chan’s ‘Police Story.’ – Tony Jaa
