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Quotes About Command

The sergeant is the Army.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don't want something, it will not be done.
~ Sun Myung Moon
I want to be the guy calling the shots.
~ Mitchell Trubisky
Dignified theatricality is an essential element of power.
~ Jon Meacham
president drew on the third chapter of the Book of Genesis: "In the sweat of thy face," the Lord commanded, "shalt thou eat bread." Adam and Eve are being expelled from the Garden of Eden; the whole structure of the world as we know it was being formed in this moment. To work for one's own wealth, rather than taking wealth from others, was the will of God.
~ Jon Meacham
To be tall and forbidding might command respect for a time, but not affection. To be overly familiar might command affection for a time, but not respect.
~ Jon Meacham
He said, Let there be light. And there was darkness.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
Am facut eforturi sa te fac sa apari ca o persoana cu mai putina neliniste, asa cum mi-ai comandat sa fac in atatea ocazii. Asta e dificil de realizat, pentru ca in realitate tu esti o persoana cu foarte multa neliniste. Poate ar trebui sa folosesti droguri.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
Man should not submit to the powers from outside but command them. How to do it is the problem.
~ Joseph Campbell
The sadist desires to command and control. The masochist desires to be freed from the burdens of liberty. That is Socialism.
~ A.E. Samaan
don't try to minimize what god said
~ A.P.
No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles
~ Aaron Allston
They said: 'Beseech on our behalf thy Lord to make plain to us what (heifer) it is!' He said: 'He says: the heifer should be neither too old nor too young, but of middling age: now do what ye are commanded!
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
If General McClellan did not want to use the army, he would like to borrow it.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Bo s?uchajmy i zwa?my u siebie, ?e wed?ug bo?ego rozkazu: Kto za ?ycia cho? raz by? w niebie, Ten po ?mierci nie trafi od razu.
~ Adam Mickiewicz
Arise, O Barak; Take your captives, O son of Abinoam!
~ Adele Berlin
German are Rulers, not to be Rule.
~ Adolf Hitler
In Mexico, the perception of power is power.
~ Denise Dresser
Performance art is really more of a command than an invitation.
~ Elvis Mitchell
Information is power. --Humfrey
~ Piers Anthony
You summon us, we follow. You order us to be free and so we will be.
~ Pliny the Younger
Tapi perintah tinggal perintah begitu saja.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Semua harus datang karena panggilanku. Semua harus pergi karena usiranku.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
The dark echoed with outlandish orders in that curt, barbaric barking of Germans in command which seems to give vent to a millennial anger.
~ Primo Levi