Famous quotes containing the words time, function and/or execution:
“Benjamin: Do you think I’m proud of myself? Do you think I’m proud of this?
Mrs. Robinson: I wouldn’t know.
Benjamin: Well, I’m not.
Mrs. Robinson: You’re not?
Benjamin: No, sir. I’m not proud that I spend my time with a broken-down alcoholic.”
—Calder Willingham (1923–1995)
“Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information—hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations.”
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)
“The application requisite to the duties of the office I hold [governor of Virginia] is so excessive, and the execution of them after all so imperfect, that I have determined to retire from it at the close of the present campaign.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)