Time Trouble

Famous quotes containing the words time and/or trouble:

    “Poe gives the sense for the first time in America, that literature is serious, not a matter of courtesy but of truth.”
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

    “George Shears ... was hanged in a barn near the store. The rope was thrown over a beam, and he was asked to walk up a ladder to save the trouble of preparing a drop for him. “Gentlemen,” he said, “I am not used to this business. Shall I jump off or slide off?” He was told to jump.”
    —For the State of Montana, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)