We rarely recognize how wonderful it is that a person can traverse an entire lifetime without making a really serious mistake, like putting a fork in one’s eye or using a window instead of a door.
We rarely recognize how extraordinary it is that so many people can go entire lifetimes neither realizing how often, all that is necessary to steal famous artworks, is to find a way to use a window as a door, or grab a drywall knife and make a door, nor having to perform surgery on themselves.
From Marvin Minsky,
We rarely recognize how extraordinary it is that so many people can go entire lifetimes neither realizing how often, all that is necessary to steal famous artworks, is to find a way to use a window as a door, or grab a drywall knife and make a door, nor having to perform surgery on themselves.