Charlie Kaufman: You sound like your in a cult. Donald Kaufman: No, it's just good writing technique. Oh, I made you a copy of Mckee's ten commandments, I posted it over both our work stations. [Charlie tears the page from over his work area] Donald ...
Great men's requests are commands.
Masters' hints are commands.
A master like Raoul looks for a woman whose need to serve and submit matches his need to protect and take command.
Ever thought, that the only thing a man can do for ten/twelve hours a day is work. He can't eat for ten hours; he can't drink for ten hours; he can't make love for ten hours. The only thing a man can do for ten hours is #work.
Yochabel: Why have you come here? Bithiah: Because Moses will come here. Yochabel: My son? Bithiah: No, my son! That's all he must know. Yochabel: My lips might deny him, Great One, but my eyes never could. Bithiah: You will leave Goshen, you and you...
Joshua: Here! Water lily! Lilia: My name is Lilia. Joshua: To me you are a lily, and I want water. Lilia: Joshua. Joshua, I thought you'd never come down. Joshua: Water before love, my girl. Lilia: Does it take the whole Nile to quench your thirst? J...
Yochabel: God of Abraham, take my child into Thy hands that he may live to Thy service. [Little Miriam bowed her head and prayed silently, while Yochabel prayed verbally] Little Miriam: But, mother, we have not even given him a name. Yochabel: God wi...
Bolivian policeman: Jefe, Ilega el ejercito! [the Bolivian police captain walks away from his men and sees a large platoon of Bolivian army calvary arrive] Bolivian police commander: Mi capitan. Bolivian army officer: ¿Donde estan? Bolivian police c...
Lt. Frederick Manion: Wanted: the Big Ten. Hey. They've got the ten best-dressed dames, the ten top teams, the ten top tunes, and now the ten most wanted. Paul Biegler: Well, don't knock it. That's the American Dream. Those boys made The Grade.
I thought they know that I was the Commander in Chief, not that I know that I am the Commander in Chief, and they should behave; know how to behave to the Commander in Chief.
The work of man is to respond to the Covenant by obeying the commandments of the Torah, those commandments that can be obeyed here and now.
[screaming, after Amélie spills tea on her] Georgette: Bravo! Vive la France! You scalded me! Bravo! Ten out of ten! Ten out of ten! Bull's eye!
You don't kill a gypsy by cutting him in ten pieces -- you only make ten more gypsies.
Strong combat leadership is never by committee. Platoon commanders must command, and command in battle isn't based on consensus. It's based on consent. Any leader wields only as much authority and influence as is conferred by the consent of those he ...
The eleventh commandment: Thou shalt not contradict.
Calamy, Midshipman: [while viewing construction of the decoy Surprise] Excuse me, sir, but what are they building? Capt. Jack Aubrey: Your first command.
Dammit, why isn’t there a book with the answers in it?
You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.
All of Christ's commands are invitations and all of His invitations are commands.
Little is done where many command.
