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She's commanding and loyal, doesn't suffer fools well or make small talk, demands loyalty, and is extremely intelligent. — Mimi Wolverton

I am commanding you, as an older and wiser brother, to get over here, get on this caterpillar, and ride to the top of this mushroom with me. — Elle Lothlorien

He was presumably a lover. They did things like commanding battalions. And worse! — Ford Madox Ford

I AM' the Governing Presence, governing in Perfect Divine Order, commanding Harmony, Happiness, and the Presence of God's Opulence in my mind, my — Wayne W. Dyer

He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers' melt waters to go back — A.A. Gill

...buzzing with the kind of commanding energy that felled trees and whistled teakettles.. — Shari Goldhagen

The responsibility of commanding the invasion fell to me, and the task was assigned to my Army Group. — Gerd Von Rundstedt

I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders. — James Stockdale

But he's so cute when he gets all determined and commanding, isn't he?"
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"It's not cute, it's very manly! — M.R. Merrick

He wasn't an especially charismatic or commanding individual, but what he lacked in personality he emphatically made up for in diligence. — Dan Jones

The violet sea longs for the birth of gods,
for to be born here is an unspeakable feast,
a drumroll of commanding retinues and tritons. — Jose Lezama Lima

If he were more commanding, he would not be a person people would leave. — Lauren Groff

Many of the presidents have sworn themselves in to similarly foolish titles: Governor of Cow Pastures, Commanding General of Standing Chickens. — Karen Russell

I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general. — Alfred M. Gray

I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding. — Zoe Saldana

There were no route maps posted on the walls, but a Wonderland-style sign commanding, 'If you know where you are, then please tell others. — Elizabeth Wein

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

O, what a precious comfort 'tis, to have so many, like brothers, commanding one another's fortunes! — William Shakespeare

A man who knew his job as he spent a long time commanding a regiment and who earned great respect from everybody. — Aleksandr Vasilevsky

Blue fire ran along the blade. With the Goddess's commanding pose and a flaming sword in hand, she resembled angel Uriel. — A.O. Peart

Women are binding and men are commanding. — Debasish Mridha

There is always a commanding and simple line around each head. Learn to have a love for the big simple line. — Robert Henri

This divineness had that in it which, though commanding worship, at the same time enforced a certain nameless terror. — Herman Melville

You know, my dad was a lieutenant colonel at Ft. Lewis on the 3rd of March, 1941. Fifteen months later, he was commanding a theater of war. — John Eisenhower

Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding. — Pliny The Elder

Casey. You're going to need to stop questioning me," he said in a commanding tone. "That's your first lesson. The next one starts now. — Lauren Blakely

Conquering the world was a simple thing; commanding one's spirit was the real challenge. — Darren Shan

So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him. — Will Durant

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child. — Carl Sandburg

Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the earnestness of others. — Nicholas Sparks

It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command. — Mike Jackson

If you are passionate, compassionate, commanding, and just, everybody will feel the passion and they will follow you passionately. — Debasish Mridha

she looked at me as if a horse had wandered into the hall, and in commanding it with her eyes, she could get it to return to its stable. — Alexander Chee

TO MANAGE,MESMERIZE AND MAINTAIN OTHERS .ONE SHOULD HAVE COMMANDING KNOWLEDGE OF SOUL PSYCHOLOGY DIAGNOSIS ART. — Various

Demand candor from commanding officers, and weigh heavily their recommendations. — Steve Womack

Though the wind was commanding the sand into even ridges, it couldn't control the sea. — Jennie Nash

Commanding goodness and forbiding to do evil (are) for the amendment and correction of society and the common folks. — Fatima Bint Muhammad

There was a string - a string tied to my gut that pulled me toward those hills, commanding me to go, to hear the faerie drums — Sarah J. Maas

The Commanding Heights — Frank J. Pietrucha

Alain Prost is in a commanding second position — Murray Walker

In commanding love law can only point helplessly to that which it cannot produce. — William McDavid

What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do. — Arnold Palmer

the only man in modern history to successfully kidnap a commanding general. Paddy — Christopher McDougall

Muhammad established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives. — Blaise Pascal

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression. — Mark Helprin

[Jesus said] "Love each other as I have loved you. This is what I'm commanding you to do." John 15:12 — Dianne Neal Matthews

Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is due to the triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose. — Confucius

You don't influence people by commanding them. When you are doing that, you are a manipulator and not a leader. — Israelmore Ayivor

You don't get people to follow you by demanding it with your words. You do it by commanding it with your example. — Marcus Luttrell

And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow. — Barbara Castle

So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you. — Saint Augustine

The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage. — Voltaire

I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives. — Benjamin Franklin

So, after all, we are but puppets, creatures of our fate, not commanding it but being molded by it. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Love can be like a commanding officer. It's unfair, random, cruel, but it gets you through the war, somehow, gets you where you have to be. (Vadim) — Aleksandr Voinov

Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Teaching's hard! You need different skills: positive reinforcement, keeping students from getting bored, commanding their attention in a certain way. — Bill Gates

Women in the postfeminist era, while supposedly strong and commanding and equal to men in every sense, looked weaker and smaller than ever before. — Portia De Rossi

If you have a very commanding argument that you cannot refute, not to accept the argument is to act irrationally. — Robert F. Almeder

I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. — Daniel Boone

When wild the head-wind beat, Thy sovereign Will commanding Bring them who dare to fly To a safe landing. — Duncan Campbell Scott

If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

If you can't handle the answer, then don't ask the question. — T.A. Uner

If it were natural for father to care for their sons, they would not need so many laws commanding them to do so. — Phyllis Chesler