It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild. Alan Autry
Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success. Jane McGonigal
A body can only act immediately on what it is in contact with; it must be by the action of contiguous particles-that is, practically, through a continuous medium, that force can be transmitted across space. Oliver Lodge