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Quotes About Command

The director needs to be in command on set because everything crumbles if that's not the case.
~ Kenneth Branagh
Control, like curiosity, can be an exterminator.
~ Melvyn Bragg
I'll have you understand I am running this court, and the law hasn't got a damn thing to do with it!
~ Sam Ervin
The command-and-control systems, the war rooms, the methods of information gathering, and the technology of the pilotless aircraft, or drones, that now serve the Americans and their allies were all, in large part, developed in Israel.
~ Ronen Bergman
The way to have power is to take it.
~ Boss Tweed
When placed in command, take charge.
~ Norman Schwarzkopf
When you have a good director, everything is taken care of.
~ Manisha Koirala
Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.
~ Golda Meir
Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties.
~ Francis Herbert Hedge
I know what I'm talking about, so that when I say 'do something' I have the respect of the people doing it.
~ Maurizio Gucci
Maundy Thursday is so called because that night, the night before he was betrayed, Jesus gave the command, the mandatum , that we should love one another. Not necessarily with the love of our desiring, but with a demanding love, even a demeaning love—as in washing the feet of faithless friends who will run away and leave you naked to your enemies.
~ Richard John Neuhaus
Don't talk. Kill it." That might be the sweetest thing a woman's ever said to me on a first date.
~ Richard Kadrey
This boy, half-destroyed, screaming Drive into that tree, drive off the embankment. Henry, make something happen.
~ Richard Siken
Here you are on the TV, saying Watch me, just watch me.
~ Richard Siken
Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest.
~ Richard V. Allen
He took each fact as it came and let it slip painlessly into the back of his mind, thinking, Okay, okay, I'll think about that one later; and that one; and that one; so that the alert, front part of his mind could remain free enough to keep him in command of the situation.
~ Richard Yates
Cool," I said. "You can IM with the Council from campus. Maybe you can command people to do your homework.
~ Richelle Mead
?We need someone to get the room?s attention,? I said. ?Someone not afraid to make a spectacle—I mean, besides me, of course.?
~ Richelle Mead
That's smart. Once Sonya's able to talk, we'll need to move." He smiled. "Sydney's turning into a battle mastermind." "Hey, she's not in charge here," I teased. "She's just a soldier." "Right." He lightly brushed his fingers against my cheek. "Sorry, Captain." "General," I corrected, catching my breath at that brief touch.
~ Richelle Mead
If you haven't been baptized as an expression of your faith in Christ, do so as soon as possible, as Jesus commanded.
~ Rick Warren
Debo obedecer a Dios en fe. Siempre que confiemos en la sabiduría divina y hagamos todo lo que nos manda, aunque no lo entendamos, estaremos afianzando la amistad con Dios.
~ Rick Warren
Take your preaching elsewhere , boy . (hardcover) p294
~ Ridley Pearson
Hooray! said the Chief of the Army. Let's blow everyone up! Bang-bang! Bang-bang!
~ Roald Dahl
What's your name?' 'Pilot Officer Dahl, sir.' 'Very well, Dahl,' he said, weighing the package up and down in one hand. 'This is on no account to fall into enemy hands. Guard it with your life. Do I make myself clear?' 'Yes, sir,' I said, feeling important.
~ Roald Dahl