Quotes of: Commanding Keyword

Of course, I think it is legitimate for the Commander-in-Chief to be concerned for the safety of his soldiers.

John Cusack

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

Edward Gibbon

I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.

Benjamin Franklin

Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.

Hans Kung

I am more willing to come out when I get my message from my commander.

David Koresh

Every social ethic is doomed to failure if it is blind to personal responsibility" (The Ten Commandments, 10).

J. Douma

When you hear people demanding that the Ten Commandments be displayed in courtrooms and schoolrooms, always be sure to ask which set. It works every time.

Christopher Hitchens

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.

Colin Powell

Camp Commandant: Make the best of what we offer you, and you will suffer less than you deserve.

Papillon

Lt. Commander Worf: [before blasting some Borg] Assimilate this!

Star Trek: First Contact

Moses: The Lord of Hosts will do battle for us. Behold His mighty hand!

The Ten Commandments

Moses: Go, proclaim liberty throughout all the lands, unto all the inhabitants thereof.

The Ten Commandments

Dathan: Where could I bring you except to Egypt? Israelites: Where there is death? Dathan: No, where there's food!

The Ten Commandments

In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.

Iain McGilchrist

I think that there was a fad where everyone said, 'I want you to create a signature step for my artist.' The thing is, for me, music creates the step. The artist commands the step, you know?

Laurieann Gibson

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

English Commander: I hope you've washed your ass this morning, it's about to be kissed by a king.

Braveheart

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly.

Angelina Grimke

The AEC had at its command an army of highly skilled scientists.

Barry Commoner

The tendency to turn human judgements into divine commands turns religion into one of the most dangerous forces in the world.

Life

Exquisite beauty is a powereful magnetic force that commands, it does not seek attention it rules the law of attention.

Wayne Chirisa