To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It's easy to say no, even if it means dying.
Source: Creon, in Antigone.
-- Jean Anouilh, (Jun 23 1910-1987), French dramatist, screenwriter; He was one of the strongest personalities of the French theatre whose plays expressed personal messages and grudges against specific persons.