Ordering Quotes

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.

When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.

I was quite the spoiled brat. I have quite a temper, obviously inherited from my father, and I became very good at ordering everyone around. I was the princess; the staff were absolutely terrified of me.

The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according to the present dispensation and ordering of things.

I just love the storyline, I thought it was hilarious - I loved that part when we opened the door, we all look ahead and we have to look down and see that we're actually dealing with this little boy who did this horrible thing of ordering a wife through e-mail.

We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing.

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.

To me, the excitement is in ordering a fine shotgun, going through the process that everybody who has bought one has gone through for 100 years. You order it, you make a significant down payment, and then you wait three or four years for the gun to be custom-made for you.