Quotes of: Commanding Keyword

Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army.

Elie Wiesel

No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.'

Claire McCaskill

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

Colin Powell

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

Horace

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.

Jean Baudrillard

If you are passionate, compassionate, commanding, and just, everybody will feel the passion and they will follow you passionately.

Debasish Mridha

God's command 'Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature' was the categorical imperative. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant.

Elisabeth Elliot

The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands.

Bill Joy

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

Henri Frederic Amiel

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

John McCain

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

Daniel J. Boorstin

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

Denis Diderot

Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say.

Henry Rollins

Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.

Gustav Heinemann

Saruman: The power of Isengard is at your command, Sauron, Lord of the Earth.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Spock Prime: [after Kirk relieves Pike of command] Thrusters on full.

Star Trek

Nefretiri: Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool!

The Ten Commandments

Dathan: Remember, Joshua, of her own free will, she's mine!

The Ten Commandments

Sethi: Harden yourself against subordinates. Have no friend. Trust no woman.

The Ten Commandments

No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.

Denis Diderot

Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands.

Marquis de Sade