#command

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#any #art #command #course #demand

Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#commandments #good #primarily #rules #seeking

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself? ↗

— Francois Rabelais

#command #full #how #i #myself

If there's one thing for which I admire you, it's your original discovery of the Ten Commandments. ↗

— Thomas Reed

#commandments #discovery #i #one thing #original

The politicians in this world... have at their command weapons of mass destruction far more complex than their own thinking processes. ↗

— Charley Reese

#complex #destruction #far #mass #more

In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#consent #contacts #critical #experiences #help

The responsibility of commanding the invasion fell to me, and the task was assigned to my Army Group. ↗

— Gerd von Rundstedt

#assigned #commanding #fell #group #invasion

Our military commanders have said over and over again that a timetable for withdrawal sends the wrong message to our troops, but more importantly to our enemy. ↗

— Bill Shuster

#commanders #enemy #importantly #message #military

I'm not executing my pitches. I'm not commanding my fastball, and I get behind in the count. When I try to throw strikes, I'm getting hurt. That's not the way I pitch. ↗

— Johan Santana

#commanding #count #executing #fastball #get

We cannot collect enough taxes to catch up with spending. Do I know a solution? Not really. Do your politicians know a solution? Does our commander-in-chief offer a solution? Absolutely not. ↗

— Rick Santelli

#absolutely not #cannot #catch #collect #commander-in-chief