There's that quote, which always seems to get misattributed to a different vaguely-middle-eastern public figure every time it's repeated:
"My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel."
Whether or not anyone actually said it, it seems to be more and more likely as oil verrrry slowly becomes less and less relevant.
I thought you were going to say a different quote, along the lines that: change always takes more time than we expect, and has more impact than we imagine.
Having primed myself so, I had to reread the camel quote a few times before I understood it!
"My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel."
Whether or not anyone actually said it, it seems to be more and more likely as oil verrrry slowly becomes less and less relevant.