The politicians in this world... have at their command weapons of mass destruction far more complex than their own thinking processes.
Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
Don't recide in the past. Instead, refer to it, else you will remain in the remand of high demand but with low command
Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.
I think no commander ever is going to come out and say, 'I'm confident that we can do this.'
The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.
Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.
The violation of press freedoms has been egregious under this administration, even as the press fetes President Obama as an honest and effective commander-in-chief.
Our military commanders have said over and over again that a timetable for withdrawal sends the wrong message to our troops, but more importantly to our enemy.
that your power of command with simple language was one of the magnificent things of our century. (from the poem: result)
Acting in 'Command & Conquer 3' called for me to interact with the player and to look directly into the camera, which is a big no no when filming for TV or film.
The responsibility of commanding the invasion fell to me, and the task was assigned to my Army Group.
The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.
What we call 'morals' is simply blind obedience to words of command.
The amount of detailed information which an individual has at his command and his theoretical elaborations of the same are mutually dependent; they grow in and through each other.
We all deserve to be treated with nothing but respect. In order to command respect from others, we must first and foremost respect ourselves.
I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below.
I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by accident out of some story context.
Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty. And you can't investigate up the chain of command, which is a huge impediment.
Our three big emergencies are fire, loss of pressurization or contaminated atmosphere. Any of those things in a spaceship are very deadly and time critical. Everybody's trained, but I'm the commander of the ship, and it's up to me to decide.
Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent.
