Command Quotes

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But still, Iâ€™d be darned if I was going to be one of those Americans who stomp around Italy barking commands in ever-louder English. I… — Barbara Kingsolver
Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl — Eoin Colfer
The inner eye does not see upon command. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
But deep down she said to herself, Franz maybe strong, but his strength is directed outward; when it comes to the people he lives with,… — Milan Kundera
Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed,… — Adam Smith
He who does not oppose evil......commands it to be done. — Leonardo da Vinci
True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions...It is a sin… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I look sad because I don't have the courage to escape from you. And I think I don't want to understand the truth: for you,… — Consuelo de Saint-ExupÃ©ry
George Smiley: [quoting an old letter from Bill Haydon about Jim Prideaux] He has that heavy quiet that commands. He's my other half. Between us… — John le Carre
I'm not threatening you. I'm just informing you of police procedure. If you continue to obstruct me, I remove the obstruction, in this case you,… — Eoin Colfer
she had long accepted the fact that happiness is like swallows in Spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not.… — Elizabeth Goudge
Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. Jesus Christ had died for this man; was I going… — Corrie Ten Boom
I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more… — Charlotte Bronte
Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain. — Thomas Aquinas
She will remain sane and she will live as she was meant to live, richly and deeply, among others of her kind, in full possession… — Michael Cunningham
Goblins burrowed in the earth, elves sang songs in the trees: Those were the obvious wonders of reading, but behind them lay the fundamental marvel… — Francis Spufford
Tolerance obviously requires a non-contentious manner of relating toward one anotherâ€™s differences. But tolerance does not require abandoning oneâ€™s standards or oneâ€™s opinions on political… — Dallin H. Oaks
The â€˜experimentalâ€™ writer, then, is simply following the storyâ€™s commands to the best of his human ability. The writer is not the story, the story… — Thomas Ligotti
I admit that I myself am far from having a complete command of every topic I touch on, but my knowledge of my subject is… — Alfred de Vigny
Boredom is an instrument of social control. Power is the power to impose boredom, to command stasis, to combine this stasis with anguish. The real… — Saul Bellow

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