Benveniste stated: "It's like agitating a car key in the river, going miles downstream, extracting a few drops of water, and then starting one's car with the water."
Benveniste afirmou: "É como se axitamos a chave dun coche no río, vamos varias millas río abaixo, extraemos unhas poucas pingas de auga, e despois arrancamos o noso coche con esa auga."