Command Quotes

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A candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax; no greater liability than a command of language. — Marya Mannes
I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them. — Douglas MacArthur
There is in every animal's eye a dim image and gleam of humanity, a flash of strange light through which their life looks out and… — John Ruskin
Give what You command and command what You will. — Saint Augustine
The commands of God are given, not to rob me of joy, but lead me into the fullness of joy. — Matt Chandler
Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe. — Dalai Lama
A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest-at the command-of his head. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Obedience is yielded more readily to one who commands gently. — Seneca the Younger
Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
What can the will do when the heart commands? — Louis L'Amour
Only one in command: that's the way in the home And the way in the state when it must find Measures best for mankind. — Euripides
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be… — Sophocles
Other nations of different habits are not enemies: they are godsends. Men require of their neighbours something sufficiently akin to be understood, something sufficiently different… — Alfred North Whitehead
When the eye fails to find beauty-alias solace-it commands the body to create it, or, failing that, adjusts itself to perceive virtue in ugliness. — Joseph Brodsky
It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having… — Adam Clarke
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… — Hermann Ebbinghaus
Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have… — Pedro Martinez
The most frequent complaint is that it's hard. True. it's a hard game to win Also, many people ask me how to use the secret… — Graham Nelson
I immediately called the command center of the Department of Justice to let them know that my wife was on a plane that had been… — Ted Olson

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