Command

Famous quotes containing the word command:

    “The Modernist’s command was Pound’s “Make it New.” The postmodern imperative is “Get it Used.” The more used the better.”
    —Andrei Codrescu (b. 1946)

    “By his command these words are cut:
    Cast a cold eye
    On life, on death.
    Horseman, pass by!”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.”
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)