Quotes of: Commanding Keyword

A surgeon will cut off a limb in order to protect the body from disease. And a commander-in-chief should pull out of a war that cannot be won in order to protect a nation.

Michael Huffington

The logic of the Bible says: Act according to God's "will of command," not according to his "will of decree." God's "will of decree" is whatever comes to pass. "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that" (James 4:15). God's "will of decree"...

John Piper

I‘m very aware that my personal life, my marriage, is the source of speculation and interest in the department and with the public. I can live with that. I’m also aware that my husband’s businesses, and his style of conducting his businesses, a...

J.D. Robb

Lt. Nyota Uhura: [During the Kobayashi Maru test] We are receiving a distress signal from the U.S.S. Kobayashi Maru. The ship has lost power and is stranded. Starfleet Command has ordered us to rescue them. James T. Kirk: [clearly enjoying himself] "...

Star Trek

Strange how you could become a man's god without noticing.

The Cold Commands

Is it some law of human nature that you inevitably become whatever your first commander was?

Ender's Game

... privilege was obligation; command was service; power, the gift itself, entailed a heavy loss of freedom.

Gifts

It’s a lot cleaner when Command kills you on purpose . . . than when they do it by accident.

Glory Main

For the first time I had the best of both worlds--a mission to live for and a man to love.

In His Command

So damn pigheaded. I’ve studied you, not to report you, Caspar, but because I want a relationship with you.

In His Command

It doesn’t matter where I am, or who I’m with . . . God, Caspar. I’ve dreamed about being with you.

In His Command

a true leader must be able to command with an iron fist, not just a humble heart.

The Black Banner

Can I tell you that in my eyes not even God would be good enough to command you?

Beyond Eden

A man who wills commands something within himself that renders obedience, or that he believes renders obedience.

Beyond Good and Evil

The day after the prison was transferred to the military intelligence command, they had an entire battalion - 1,200, 1,500 soldiers - arrive at Abu Ghraib just for force protection alone.

Janis Karpinski

Honestly, I don't believe in menswear. I focus on what pieces are most timeless, transcendent, match my lifestyle, remain remarkable, and command intriguing attention across the room at an art gallery.

Janelle Monae

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

Luciano Pavarotti

Shut up, Julius! I mean, quiet a moment, Commander.

Artemis Fowl

You are not mine to command. But the choice to kill always means closing the mind to the chance of a living alternative.

Initiate's Trial

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

The Rommel Papers

The key question, it seemed to him, was that of whether man was to obey Nature, or attempt to command her.

The Spider's House