There are three kinds of people; those that make things happen, those that watch things happen and those who dont know whats happening. – Proverb

[T]he cherub, alas, proved to be pasted on tough gingerbread which was too hard for many to bite into. – Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift, 1963, translated from Russian by Michael Scammell

Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world. – Walter Savage Landor