My wife is currently reading a Heinlein novel....and she showed me this quote today...I'd heard it before, but it was nice to hear it again....I think I agree with it...
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
Love that quote. I had it for my email signature for a while. My stepdad, who had never read Heinlein, thought I wrote it and was convinced I was suddenly a genius. LOL
posted by: LeeAnn on November 20, 2003 09:49 AMthat is awesome.
posted by: amy on November 20, 2003 01:57 PMIt's very good quote, and I like it.
But one could argue that if everyone is mediocre in several arenas, who is going to be brilliant in any one area?
posted by: Key on November 20, 2003 03:31 PMor even...diversity is the spice of life...or something like that....evolution tells us that the most flexible creatures are best at surviving...
posted by: Eric on November 20, 2003 04:01 PMEver since I read that quote long ago when I was a child, that kind of general capability is what I've striven for.
My sonnets suck, though...
posted by: Jack on November 20, 2003 08:31 PM