It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.
I feel that I, and the people under my command, tried to use all the traditional methods of recruiting agents which were also used by other intelligence services; adopting also means like pressure, money, sex - but that did not characterize my service.
I have been, and will go on, fighting that damnable, dirty, rotten business with all the power at my command.
It's hard not to love Roomba. Roomba had such an amazing impact on the field. When we launched, we asked people, 'Is it a robot?' and got an overwhelming no - 'robots' have arms and legs; they command data. There was a very strong perception that robots had to look like people.
I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.
If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance.
The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.
I did my utmost to ensure that everyone below me in the chain of command felt comfortable approaching me with concerns, ideas, thoughts, and even disagreements.
And at that point, I think we all realized it was something tremendously tragic, probably a terrorist attack, and the next step was to go down to our command center and get things going.
It may be, however, that I am too much wedded to my own views in the matter, and as I have spent nearly eight years of the hardest work of my life in this department, I respectfully request that I may now be relieved from its command.
I've been in a position before where a president has turned to me in the Oval Office in a difficult moment, without any pleasantries, and said, 'I'm asking you as your president and Commander in Chief to take command of the international security force in Afghanistan.' The only response can be, 'Yes, Mr. President.'
Always do everything you ask of those you command.
Honestly, I don't believe in menswear. I focus on what pieces are most timeless, transcendent, match my lifestyle, remain remarkable, and command intriguing attention across the room at an art gallery.
I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control.
In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.
When placed in command, take charge.
I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
My mother liked to command me to do things I found scary. I always wanted to stay home and read. My mother only ever wanted me to get away.
Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.
Also, General Zinni, who commanded central command, was very much opposed to the war in the first place, as I was. We were both quoted to that effect in February of 2003.
I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them.
The greatest job I ever had was working on my family farm. Each morning my father would come into my bedroom around 4:30 am and command me to get up and work the fields. I would spend the next two hours before school slopping pigs and cropping tobacco.
In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise.
I wanted to produce a book that would demonstrate not only the rich diversity of people who answered to Anders's command but also the extraordinary variety of their experiences and emotions: from death to despair, fear and longings and eventually to hope.
I immediately called the command center of the Department of Justice to let them know that my wife was on a plane that had been hijacked. I mainly wanted them know there was another hijacked plane out there.
The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also signed in December.
He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one.
A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.
Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me.
The why of why we are here is an intrigue for adolescents; the how is what must command the living.
A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.
We can't command our love, but we can our actions.
It always impresses me when a person of small stature has command.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
