#command

I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information. ↗

— Bill Watterson

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As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it. ↗

— William Westmoreland

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When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail. ↗

— William Westmoreland

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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. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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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. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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Most people associate command and control leadership with the military. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men's command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority. ↗

— Theodore White

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Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut. ↗

— Billy Wilder

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To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

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