Command Quotes

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When I was living in China, I learned to make things hyper-explicit because often they were being read by people whose command of English kept… — James Fallows
The greatness of Mac Rebennack, alias, Dr. John, also known as John Crieux, rests on his command of the musical use of idiomatic expression. Not… — Jon Landau
Really, of all the important mission responsibilities assigned to United States Strategic Command by the president, none is more important than our responsibility to deter… — C. Robert Kehler
Singing is a form of meditation... apparently the only one that I have command over. — Brandi Carlile
If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles, God gave the command. — John Piper
America needs a sensible, sustainable Iran policy that can meet U.S. security and economic interests, command international support and withstand the shifting Middle Eastern sands. — Samantha Power
Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bid me to live, and I will live Thy Protestant to be; Or bid me love, and I will give A loving heart to thee.… — Robert Herrick
Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Beauty and grace command the world — Park Benjamin
I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness. I… — Anais Nin
Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will, for the will, as emotion of command, is the distinguishing… — Friedrich Nietzsche
You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves. — Bob Nelson
What you cannot enforce, do not command. — Sophocles
Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising… — Horace
What kind of power is it that dares intrude between me and my bride, the bride I myself have chosen and who has chosen me?… — Soren Kierkegaard
It is not by Christ's ordinance that the Sacrament is reserved, lifted up or worshiped. But because Our Lord did not command such practices, it… — Garth Moore
Forasmuch as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large balls, from which many evils may arise, which God forbid, we… — Cities
But when I say free, I mean free: free from bond, of chain or command:to go where you will, even, even to Mordor Saruman, if… — J.R.R. Tolkien
A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a woman who gets the command of money for the first… — Samuel Johnson

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