Quotes About Command

I want you to be the Admiral Nagumo of my staff. I want your every thought, every instinct as you believe Admiral Nagumo might have them. You are to see the war, their operations, their aims, from the Japanese viewpoint

Men up the chain of command were too swamped to answer every request for instructions, so officers and enlisted men of every rank had to assume a wider scope of authority.

You will not pass!" Roman thundered. Great. Now he had decided he was Gandalf.

Enough, Curran said. An unmistakable command saturated his voice. Jim clicked his mouth shut. I crossed my arms. I'm sorry, is this the part where I fall to my knees and shiver in fear, Your Furriness? Silly me, I didn't get the memo.

I don't know if you heard, but I kind of run this place.

Amy, Elsie Moore said in her crackling voice, her gaze fixed on Declan. I want you to get me a new bear. A blond one.

Cough clenched, and vomited something chunky into the grass. Terrific. The big dog sat on his haunches and looked at William with a perplexed expression on his face. Well, eat it back up, William hissed. Don't waste it. Cough gave a tiny whine. I'm not eating your puke. Cough panted at him. No.

You will show that thing to me and from now on, I will deal with them. I opened my eyes really wide and fluttered my eyelashes at him. I'm sorry, I must've missed your coronation ceremony. Silly me.

Follow me," Linus ordered. "And cheer up. We're about to embark on a killing spree accompanied by massive property damage. Try to have fun.

I need you to get down there, open the stalls inside, and panic the horses." " 'Panic'?" Gaston asked. "Smile at them or something.

Hi, Jim," I said. He didn't look at me. "The man wants to know what's going on. And he wants her at the Keep. Now." "Talking about yourself in the third person now, are we?" The bouda smiled.

I feel that I, and the people under my command, tried to use all the traditional methods of recruiting agents which were also used by other intelligence services; adopting also means like pressure, money, sex - but that did not characterize my service.

Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.

I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.

Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Centcom, is probably the most decorated officer of his generation.

With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia.

When someone tells me that 'the Almighty told me to do this', I want to see the transcript.

It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe, in Him, if you do not do anything He tells you.

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say

"'Come on, guys, I'm the leader of a whole movie...!' I tell when I want people to fear and respect me. Not wildly effective."

The notion that Anna would want something done "now" and not "shortly" is accurate.

Be easy and condescending in your deportment to your officers, but not too familiar, lest you subject yourself to a want of respect, which is necessary to support a proper command.

I'm basically a control freak. It's not because I want to be. I'm not at all into the power play that's involved in it.

I can start the rain. Bring thunder. Bring lightning. Want to see?