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I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

Napoleon Bonaparte

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

Sophocles

I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently.

William Shakespeare

When placed in command / take charge.

H. Norman Schwarzkopf

I had better command of my pitches than I've had, ... and I felt as good as I've ever felt.

Jon Lieber

You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.

Bob Nelson

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Who has not served cannot command.

John Florio

That state is best ordered when the wicked have no command, and the good have.

Pittacus

I was better than I thought I would be. I'm more happy about having my command than anything.

Miguel Batista

U.S. Strategic Command did not track any objects for re-entry.

Jeff Jones

It's really been driven by the students. They're taking command of it.

Richard Dunn

He's working on a change this year. He also has more command of the curve.

Dave Marzano

We are the only community that has an independent command center.

Sal Liberatore

There was no coordination with me or Colonel Pappas. There was no discussion about chain of command.

Janis Karpinski

We know where our people are and can command and control them.

Don Shepperd

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

Marshal Ferdinand Foch

Julie threw the ball well tonight. She was in command from the beginning.

Tracy Brookover

He has a good command of the offense.

Tom Swittel

He who refuses to obey cannot command.

Kenyan Proverb

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

George Washington Carver

Olsen's command of Russian leaves much to be desired.

Valery Korzun

Impatience is the cause of most of our irregularities and extravagances Command by obeying.

Motto

He worked ahead of hitters all day. He had good command of his change-up and breaking balls.

Mike Godfrey

My mechanics were good. I had command of my fastball ... I was changing speeds.

Kelvim Escobar

Her pitches were up. We talked about how the ball needed to be down against this club. She wasn't in command of her pitches.

Karen Mullins

I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them.

Vladimir Horowitz

The command expects to resolve these cases in the next few days.

Steven Boylan

He was in command and the cold didn't bother him at all.

Keith Guttin

We had to transfer that into a single system and make it all go to the command center here.

Susan Sanders

Hastens the day when the people of Iraq are in full command of their own affairs.

John Negroponte

By learning to obey, you will know how to command.

Italian Proverb

He's going to command the double-team, ... and if you single him up, he's going to make you pay.

Mike Rucker

She was dominant out there today for Case. She had command of her pitches and we had the two hits and that was it.

Jim Cabucio

I've never had command - just look at my stats.

Allan Simpson

You had no command and control. Who was in charge? Really, nobody was in charge.

Thomas H. Kean

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Andre Malraux

The results of our investigation indicated a poor command climate.

Linda Roberts

There was some chain of command or form of direction that was lacking here.

Donna Morrow

Jake had good command of his stuff. He did a nice job.

Scot Meeker

I said, 'Yes, you do.' But he says, 'What will the devil do to me?' I said to him, 'You command the devil to go if he's there. In the name of the church, as archbishop, I command you to go and do it.'

Henry D'souza

This is a tough place to pitch. He had command and took the crowd out of it.

Sunny Golloway

We had a lot of ideas we wanted to put in place. (But) there was a chain of command.

Dana Sauve

The chain of command is crucial to our case.

Paul Risley

Nearly 100 airmen who were scheduled to deploy from Keesler AFB (to the Central Command area of responsibility) will not deploy now.

David Small

Tapscott just never got his command. Nothing was really working for him.

Larry Giangrosso

Learn to obey before you command.

Solon

He threw an awesome game and was in total command the entire time.

Terry Stephenson

If you expect to win, you need a candidate with clear command of the issues.

Greg Mueller

... it's much more widespread than anyone in the high command wanted to admit.

Patricia Schroeder

The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.

Jimmy Doolittle

Keep cool and you command everybody.

Louis de Saint Just

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

Alan Watts