Command Entire Period

Famous quotes containing the words command, entire and/or period:

    I had now formed a clear and settled opinion, that the people of America were well warranted to resist a claim that their fellow-subjects in the mother-country should have the entire command of their fortunes, by taxing them without their consent.
    James Boswell (1740–1795)

    This entire most beautiful order of good things is going to pass away after its measure has been exhausted; for both morning and evening were made in them.
    St. Augustine (354–430)

    A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavour to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)