Command Quotes

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Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned… — Neil Armstrong
You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people's command of English - that's nonsense. — Margaret Atwood
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt. — Saint Augustine
The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing. — Roger Babson
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. — Francis Bacon
The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to… — Honore de Balzac
Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked… — Tyra Banks
Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price. — Jean Baudrillard
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. — Robert Benchley
Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes. — Buffalo Bill
When you think about rock at its origin, and you think of the Beatles and millions of kids screaming as loud as they can and… — Jack Black
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands. — Daniel J. Boorstin
Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. — Constantin Brancusi
Al-Qa'ida does not follow a traditional command structure, wear uniforms, carry its arms openly, or mass its troops at the borders of the nations it… — John O. Brennan
God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings. — Martin Buber
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. — Edmund Burke
I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is… — James Callaghan
It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. — Italo Calvino
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. — George Washington Carver

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