Performance art is really more of a command than an invitation.
Al-Qa'ida does not follow a traditional command structure, wear uniforms, carry its arms openly, or mass its troops at the borders of the nations it attacks. Nonetheless, it possesses the demonstrated capability to strike with little notice and cause significant civilian or military casualties.
It is simply the view, and a view I think shared by most members of the party, that it is very difficult to have a leader that does not command the support of the parliamentary party.
It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.
Triumphant science and technology are only at the threshold of man's command over sources of energy so stupendous that, if used for military purposes, they can wipe out our entire civilization.
There are several books that I have-the Physics of Star Trek, Star Trek and Business, there are manuals on command style and countless scholarly papers that have been written about the significance of Next Generation.
We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.
Now I am a writer who can command fairly good payments from magazines with large circulations, I very often refuse to write for them and still write sometimes for small magazines for nothing.
You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.
Dear is your heart and close your hand, I relinquish all to love's dysmorphic command.
The ship was named the Bounty: I was appointed to command her on the 16th of August 1787.
Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
The politicians in this world... have at their command weapons of mass destruction far more complex than their own thinking processes.
Shortly after this, I placed my command on our extreme left, to watch and fight the enemy should he make another attack, and went to Cemetary Hill for observation.
You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.
Being first lady is not just about being the wife but really taking command and having true vision.
I wanted to cast a woman as second in command. NBC said no way.
When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail.
It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.
In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it was, after all, the center for interrogations for Iraq.
If you want to be a leader whom people follow with absolute conviction, you have to be a likable leader. Tyrants and curmudgeons with brilliant vision can command a reluctant following for a time, but it never lasts. They burn people out before they ever get to see what anyone is truly capable of.
Own the stage, command the stage, and don't be afraid to be the best you can be.
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 who may be found absent from his command, without the regular leave in writing, prescribed by Regulations and General Orders.
The only thing I command is respect.
When I arrived in the summer of 2009 to command the war in Afghanistan, I entered an effort that was failing. Many Afghans, some ISAF coalition members, and much of the American public had lost confidence in both the trajectory of the war and our ability to correct it.
When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul.
The idea of taking command of your life and doing something that you're not sure if you can do and you're not really sure if you should do it, I think is pretty timeless. We all face those doubts often, if not constantly.
Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.
Command that your marshal be careful to be present over the household, and especially in the hall, to keep the household, within doors and without, respectable, without dispute or noise, or bad words.
Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command, save one, has stood with him.
Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.
A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Sometimes this going out in obedience to God's command is more dramatic than at other times... sometimes more spectacular... sometimes more brave... but always it is a venture into the unknown.
