"There are 3 types of people: people who make things happen, people who watch others make things happen and those who ask: 'What happened?'"

There are also those that never look up, those that look into the heavens in awe and wonder, and there are those that become astronauts (or cosmonauts, psh).

When I heard this for the first time, I realized it is a really subjective idea. I mean, there are a lot of leaders, true movers and shakers, which never become astronauts. This is, of course, because the wrold only needs so many people to bounce around in the space station, while the rest of us just watch. So, those movers and shakers that are left on Earth are forced to exercise their influence elsewhere, and in other ways.

Likewise, you might find a brilliant, groundbreaking physicist that would be completely lost in the middle of a political event. There, he might ask, "What's happening?" But, would that make him less brilliant or influential?

Everyone has their place. It's simply a matter of recognizing what yours is and embracing it.