‘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.’

Robert. A. Heinlein, describing the average day of a middle-aged woman.

‘Providence has an appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results – we can only strive.’

Mahatma Gandhi, describing in greater and more efficient detail the average day of a middle-aged woman.