
Speech in Leeds (13 March 1925), quoted in On England, and Other Addresses (1926), pp. 61-62.
1925
Source: The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), p. 62
Speech in Leeds (13 March 1925), quoted in On England, and Other Addresses (1926), pp. 61-62.
1925
“Words are good servants but bad masters.”
As quoted by Laura Huxley, in conversation with Alan Watts about her memoir This Timeless Moment (1968), in Pacifica Archives #BB2037 [sometime between 1968-1973])
“The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.”
“Money. It's a good servant but a bad master.”
Source: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
“The Founders conceived government as the servant, not the master of the individual.”
Remarks to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/education/bsa/citizenship_merit_badge/speeches/address_convention_hall.pdf (31 January 1962)
1960s
“My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.”
responding to allegations in
2010s, 2012 Presidential campaign
Context: I have prescription medication that I take whenever symptoms arise and they keep the migraines under control. I'd like to be abundantly clear: My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.
“Different languages, the same thoughts; servant to thoughts and their masters.”
“Hidden Words,” p. 58
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
Source: The Limits of Evolution, and Other Essays, Illustrating the Metaphysical Theory of Personal Ideaalism (1905), Human Immortality: its Positive Argument, p.295
Source: The Evolution of Civilizations (1961) (Second Edition 1979), Chapter 10, Western Civilization, p. 349