Commanding quotes

167 commanding quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines
  • “- Dexter Reed: Do not tell anyone the recipe to your sauce.
    - Ed: Well, first you start off with a little lemon juice and some ketchup...
    - Dexter Reed: Stop it! Stop talking. Never tell anyone the ingredients of your sauce!”

    Kenan Thompson - Dexter Reed
    Kel Mitchell - Ed
    [Tag:commanding, food, secrets]
  • They say in Latin, "In vino veritas". Wine tells the truth. Use this to write down the addresses of those bastards who killed my captains. And not where they were last week but where they are now, where they are this minute, and better yet, where they are going to be tomorrow. You know where they are going to be tomorrow, right?

    Tomas Milian - General Arturo Salazar
    [Tag:commanding, wine and spirits]
  • “- Darth Vader: Calrissian. Take the princess and the Wookie to my ship.
    - Lando: You said they'd be left at the city under my supervision!
    - Darth Vader: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.”

    David Prowse - Darth Vader
    Billy Dee Williams - Lando Calrissian
    [Tag:cheating, commanding, deal]
  • “- Captain Davenport: Let's go see Sgt. Washington, drive.
    - Corporal Ellis: Didn't go to well in there, Sir?
    - Captain Davenport: You gotta hearing problem, Colonel?
    - Corporal Ellis: No sir, I was born with big ears, Sir, my grandma had big ears, it runs in the family.”

    Howard E. Rollins Jr. - Captain Davenport
    Robert Townsend - Corporal Ellis
    [Tag:commanding, obedience]
  • “- Tom Horn: Did you get the letter that is telling you to not come around here?
    - Lee Mendenhour: I got your fucking letter, champion! I rolled it up in the back with tobacco and smoked it!”

    Steve McQueen - Tom Horn
    Roy Jenson - Lee Mendenhour
    [Tag:commanding, disobedience, letters]
  • “Symphony Sid. By the powers vested in me by the Federal Communications Commission, I command you to get on the microphone in a serious manner and continue this broadcast.”
    Richard Portnow - Ben Stern
    [Tag:authority, commanding, radio]
  • “Don't just stand there! Seize him! Punish him! The Lord has chosen me as the bringer of His word and the giver of His laws! Disobedience to me is disobedience to Him! Do it now, or your punishment shall be a thousand deaths, each more horrible than the last!”

    John Candy - Isaac
    [Tag:commanding, punishment, rebellion]
  • “- Lieutenant Colonel: You hold that bridge Captain! That's an order!
    - Capt. Roy Pritchett: I've already lost thirty men!
    - Lieutenant Colonel: This isn't a debate, Pritchett! You hold that goddamn bridge!
    - Capt. Roy Pritchett: This is suicide!”

    Dwight Yoakam - Lieutenant Colonel
    Martin Donovan - Capt. Pritchett
    [Tag:commanding, sacrifice, suicide]
  • “You wanna dance? You follow my rules! This is not a democracy! You know, you're not exactly the greatest dancer ever to hit Broadway!”
    Steve Inwood - Jesse
    [Tag:commanding, dancing, rules]
  • “- Luc: Sarge, you want me? I am here. Let the girl go!
    - Scott: Don't tell me what to do, soldier! I give the orders around here, and you're gonna have to learn that! She's a fucking gook traitor! I gave you an order to kill her, and now you must fulfill that order, Private!
    - Luc: Sarge, the war is over.
    - Scott: Not for me! Not for her! And...” (continue)
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    Jean-Claude Van Damme - Luc Deveraux
    Dolph Lundgren - Andrew Scott
    [Tag:commanding, killing, war]
  • “- Sador: This is Sador of the Malmori. I command you to surrender.
    - Nell: I'll surrender, you sorry son of a mutant.”

    John Saxon - Sador
    Lynn Carlin - Nell
    [Tag:commanding, surrender]
  • “What are you lookin' at? You look up at the sky, you look down on the ground, but you don't look at me, kid. Got it?”
    Jeffrey Falcon - Buddy
    [Tag:commanding]
  • “I'm taking back control of my life, Bob! As long as you're all under my roof things will be done my way, starting now!”
    Meryl Streep - Mary Fisher
    [Tag:commanding, rules]
  • “- Ray Gorman: I don't like the way he looks at me.
    - Doreen Stockwell: Oh, Samson won't hurt you... unless I tell him to.”

    Buster Crabbe - Ray Gorman
    Julie London - Doreen Stockwell
    [Tag:commanding, danger]
  • “- Jafar: I am your master now!
    - Genie: I was afraid of that.
    - Jafar: Genie, grant me my first wish. I wish to rule on high, as Sultan!”

    Jonathan Freeman - Jafar
    Robin Williams - The Genie
    [Tag:commanding, power, wishes]
  • “What Hath the lord commandeth?”
    Courtney Gains - Malachai
    [Tag:commanding, god]
  • “- Sgt. L.C. Ross: Everybody up! Everybody, Benjamin!
    - Judy Benjamin: Oh God, you can't mean me. I worked the night shift! Go check out the bathroom, it's fabulous.”

    Hal Williams - Sgt. L.C. Ross
    Goldie Hawn - Judy Benjamin
    [Tag:commanding, weariness, working]
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