"Let us not waste our time in idle discourse!(Pause. Vehemently.) Let us do something, while
we have the chance! It is not everyday that we are
needed. Not indeed that we personally are
needed. Others would meet the case equally well,
if not better. To all mankind they were addressed,
those cries for help still ringing in our ears! But at
this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is
us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the
most of it, before it is too late! Let us represent
worthily for once the foul brood to which a cruel
fate consigned us! What do you say? (Estragon
says nothing.) It is true that when with folded
arms we weigh the pros and cons we are no less a
credit to our species. The tiger bounds to the help
of his congeners without the least reflexion, or
else he slinks away into the depths of the thickets.
But that is not the question. What are we doing
here, that is the question. And we are blessed in
this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in
this immense confusion one thing alone is clear.
We are waiting for Godot to come-"
