The French, not the Americans, commissioned 'Einstein on…

In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now.

— Thomas Gage

Let us be French as the Americans are English.

— Henri Bourassa

In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's…

— Wesley Morris

I believe Moses was 80 when God first commissioned him for public service.

— Ronald Reagan

I know that a ridiculous number of classic serials have been commissioned, and that reviews show a reaction against them. The critics seem fed…

— Andrew Davies

I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time…

— Smedley Butler

Topshop is one of my favourite shops, and I love shoes by Giuseppe Zanotti. There's a graduate fashion designer called Kate Falcus who makes…

— Laura Mvula

The concept of who your audience is becomes more important than your site. Sometimes you can be commissioned to do a piece in Strasburg,…

— Lawrence Weiner

We commissioned an independent statutory economic body - the Productivity Commission - to review the possibility of funding a disability scheme. The commission returned…

— Bill Shorten

I wish I'd been better able to resist the sense of obligation to write some of the poems I did. It's in the nature…

— Andrew Motion

On the first season of our show, I commissioned a Native American artist to make up, 'cause I'm known for the tomahawk, besides the…

— Joe Lando

There's still a lot I need to do as a player, as a musician, as a sound creator. I have commissioned 170 pieces: that's…

— Evelyn Glennie

I was commissioned in 2003 to create an original show, and began developing 'Upwake.' 'Upwake' tells the story of Zero, a modern-day business man,…

— Natasha Tsakos

In 1995, the Paul Keating Labor government commissioned an inquiry into the forcible removal of Aboriginal children.

— Richard Flanagan

“The novelist is like a scout commissioned to go and see what is happening in the depth of the soul. He comes back and…

— Julien Green