Quote Originally Posted by sinderella View Post
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

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This is perhaps my favorite quote from all the RAH characters. It always appealed to me even as a teenager and I sort of adopted it as my own creedo. To that end I have tried to be the sort of person the RAH describes with this quote. So far, the only one I haven't actually performed is planning an invasion, unless you count being a professional fire fighter and officer.