Joseph Smith Translation

Famous quotes containing the words joseph, smith and/or translation:

    “Not many people know that.”
    —Michael Caine [Maurice Joseph Micklewhite] (b. 1933)

    “Why does my Muse only speak when she is unhappy?
    She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy
    When I am happy I live and despise writing
    For my Muse this cannot but be dispiriting.”
    —Stevie Smith (1902–1971)

    “Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing.... It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift.”
    —Harry Mathews (b. 1930)