When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress.
… the lateral thinker who finds a new route forward, the hedonist who bungee jumps off the edge, and the engineer who builds a bridge.
(Of course, there might not be another route to find, the bungee jumping could get you killed, and a bridge might not be cost-effective, but I’d like to at least consider a third way out of a dilemma)
G. K. Chesterton
I think all the work here is done by determining what actually constitutes a precipice.
… the lateral thinker who finds a new route forward, the hedonist who bungee jumps off the edge, and the engineer who builds a bridge.
(Of course, there might not be another route to find, the bungee jumping could get you killed, and a bridge might not be cost-effective, but I’d like to at least consider a third way out of a dilemma)