I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Max Eastman, (Jan 4 1883-1969), US author; He was best known for Enjoyment of Poetry, 1913; founded and edited The Masses, 1913-1918.