Commanding Quotes

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Being a kind, emperor, or president is mighty small potatoes compared to being a mother. Commanding an army is little more than sweeping a street… — Billy Sunday
Human manners are wildly inconsistent; plenty of people have said so. But this one takes the cake: the manner in which we're allowed to steal… — Barbara Kingsolver
I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the earnestness of others. — Nicholas Sparks
What do you think?" he asked, his voice deep and commanding. I eyed him. "Impressive, but too much." He leaned toward me, the blue eyes… — Ilona Andrews
The courtroom is one instance of the fact that while our society may be liberal and democratic in some large and vague sense, its moving… — Howard Zinn
Women in the postfeminist era, while supposedly strong and commanding and equal to men in every sense, looked weaker and smaller than ever before. — Portia de Rossi
For most women, being seen, having others pay attention to you, is imagined and experienced as more desirable and more powerful than commanding an army… — Phyllis Chesler
â€žYou,â€ the female on the bed said, her timbre shaded with irrittion. â€žNew guy. Angel Boy. Colonel Curls, or whatever you want to be called.… — Gena Showalter
There were no route maps posted on the walls, but a Wonderland-style sign commanding, 'If you know where you are, then please tell others. — Elizabeth Wein
The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose. — Confucius
Christopher Hitchens was a writer and an orator with a matchless style, commanding a vocabulary and a range of literary and historical allusion far wider… — Richard Dawkins
The elements that create glamour are not specific styles - bias-cut gowns or lacquered furniture - but more general qualities: grace, mystery, transcendence. To the… — Virginia Postrel
In sports, I was representing my country, but in politics I represent people directly. I have always lived with a cause. In army, it was… — Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
You know, my dad was a lieutenant colonel at Ft. Lewis on the 3rd of March, 1941. Fifteen months later, he was commanding a theater… — John Eisenhower
Martha Graham, along with George Balanchine, is one of the two commanding figures in 20th-century American dance. For those much younger than I am, her… — Robert Gottlieb
The most casual reader of the New Testament can scarcely fail to see the commanding position the resurrection of Christ holds in Christianity. It is… — Edward McKendree Bounds
As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding… — John Strachan
The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between commanding and obeying that characterizes the imperative. — Paul Ricoeur
It is made the duty of every Commanding Officer in the Department, to arrest and send to these Headquarters, under guard, every officer or soldier… — John Hunt Morgan
The Gen. Commanding, takes this means of informing the people that he has not come among them to disturb them in the enjoyment of their… — John Hunt Morgan

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