Commissioned Work

Famous quotes containing the words commissioned and/or work:

“He crafted his writing and loved listening to those tiny explosions when the active brutality of verbs in revolution raced into sweet established nouns to send marching across the page a newly commissioned army of words-on-maneuvers, all decorated in loops, frets, and arrowlike flourishes.”
—Alexander Theroux (b. 1940)

“The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)