Quotes About Command

The disciples' worst fears were about to be realized, yet Jesus commanded (yes, commanded) them to be at peace. All would be well, all manner of things would be well—in the end.

Martha Raye slipped up to the colonel and she said, 'Sir, where do we eat?' He said, 'You mess with the men.' 'I know that,' she said, 'but where do we eat?

Honey -- even Ray Charles can see that you have control issues.

I had not known before that love is obedience. You want to love, and you can't, and you hate yourself because you can't, and all the time love is not some marvelous thing that you feel but some hard thing that you do. And this in a way is easier because with God's help you can command your will when you can't command your feelings. With us, feelings seem to be important, but He doesn't appear to agree with us.

Well, sir, my recollection is that the Board said I should not command any R.S.S. combat vessels until further training . . . it didn't say anything about Bloodhorde ships.

Don't." His voice was harsh. "Don't do that." She exhaled. "You're lovely. Lovelier than before.

Stop, he ordered, in a low but compelling voice. Do not take another step, or I fire! Dash it, he added vexedly, does the monstrosity understand English? How absurd this is! It understands the gesture, at least, I called, thrusting head and shoulders through the window. Lucas, for pity's sake, seize it! Don't stand there deriding its linguistic inadequacies!

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Papa Ubu: Captain Bordure, I've decided to make you Duke of Lithuania.

At twelve-forty, Shackleton gave the order in a quiet voice. "Launch the boats.

He was, as one of his men put it, "the greatest leader that ever came on God's earth, bar none.

Shackleton shouted excitedly to McNeish and Vincent below to shift ballast

Then, in a quiet, level voice, Shackleton ordered Wild to shoot his own team along with McIlroy's, Marston's, and Crean's.

Shackleton immediately ran back to camp, going from tent to tent shouting

Man for the field and woman for the hearth:Man for the sword and for the needle she:Man with the head and woman with the heart:Man to command and woman to obey;All else confusion.

You'll never leave me now. You're mine. Be as I say.

Dood haar!' gilde de tovenaar en hij wees naar Bloem-van-de-droogte.

They obey older laws.

One does not impose conditions on de Gaulle!

De Gaulle at his iciest had reproached Challe: "One does not impose conditions on de Gaulle!

Myself, and the majority of officers in a position of command, will not execute unconditionally the orders of the Head of State.

As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.

Power among humans is not simply the physical force with which one material body may move another; it is the force to distract, detour, maneuver, and command. Every pleasure we indulge in and every pain we suffer exerts power over others.

A question is not a supplication, an entreaty, nor a velleity for knowledge just put out in the air; it is already an order, a command. (Beggars, the destitute, pupils, factory workers, enlisted soldiers, prisoners, and patients have no right to question; they can only entreat.?) A question commands a certain focus of attention, a selection of resources on hand, a certain type of language. It lays down a direction; it imposes a directive to think further down a certain track.