Taking Command Quotes

#1. He said he didn't like my kind and I was filled with the delirious expectation that he would identify me as a common species - that there were others like myself. I controlled my excitement, but he seemed to sense it - his gaze wavered uncertainly.

Steve Aylett

#2. Alice was standing in the gloom, with just the toes of her pointy shoes poking out into the sunlight.

Joseph Delaney

#3. I don't look to celebrities for style anymore because I've learned the chain of command. They are being dressed by a stylist who's getting inspiration from a 16-year-old kid running the streets of Melbourne, Australia. Once I learned that chain of command, I just started taking it to the streets.

Lizzo

#4. I am very proud to be taking command of a Type 23 frigate, which is an extremely flexible warship, and I'm looking forward to taking HMS Portland on operations with a professional and focused team.

Sarah West

#5. Next time I go into the action - I shall command a hundred men - & possibly I may bring off some coup. Besides I shall have some other motive for taking chances than merely "love of adventure".

Winston Churchill

#6. Innovation is rewarded. Execution is worshipped.

Eric Thomas

#7. First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.

Victoria Beckham

#8. Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

George Bernard Shaw

#9. That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.

Itzhak Perlman

#10. Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent.

Donna Tartt

#11. Taking command of HMS Portland is definitely the highlight of my 16 years in the Navy. It is a challenge that I am fully trained for and ready to undertake.

Sarah West

#12. Being first lady is not just about being the wife but really taking command and having true vision.

Tyra Banks

#13. So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#14. No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.

J. P. Morgan

#15. I believe, sir,' said Richard Swiveller, taking his pen out of his mouth, 'that you desire to look at these apartments. They are very charming apartments, sir. They command an uninterrupted view of - of over the way, and they are within one minute's walk of - of the corner of the street.

Charles Dickens