#command

As I suffer in the defence of my Country, I must consider this hour as the most glorious of my life -Remember that I die as becomes a British Officer, while the manner of my death must reflect disgrace on your Commander. ↗

— John Andre

#british #commander #consider #country #death

Now even the American command is under siege. We are hitting it from the north, east, south and west. We chase them here and they chase us there. But at the end we are the people who are laying siege to them. And it is not them who are besieging us. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#chase #command #east #end #even

A part of sexuality may go to research, and a much larger part must lead to aesthetic creation. The art of the future will, because of the very opportunities and materials it will have at its command, need an infinitely stronger formative impulse than it does now. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#art #because #command #creation #does

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

— George Washington Carver

#command #common #common things #common way #life

All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself. ↗

— Jesus Christ

#command #commandments #commit #covet #kill

I think Democrats keep the commandments of the Lord more. ↗

— Lincoln Davis

#democrats #i #i think #keep #lord

To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose. ↗

— Giulio Douhet

#air #beaten #command #conquer #defeat

I am encouraged by the news today that United States special operations personnel found, identified and killed the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the operational commander of the al-Qaeda led insurgency in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi was the public face of the insurgency. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#al-qaeda #am #commander #encouraged #face

Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. ↗

— George Herbert

#better #command #found #go #just

In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy. ↗

— Roger Mudd

#command #exchange #gives #his #history