From The Just and the Unjust by James Gould Cozzens. I am aware of this quote from my copy of The Practical Cogitator (page 115). It’s a great quote from a great anthology:
“In the present, every day is a miracle. The world gets up in the morning and is fed and goes to work, and in the evening it comes home and is fed again and perhaps has a little amusement and goes to sleep. To make that possible, so much has to be done by so many people that, on the face of it, it is impossible. Well, every day we do it; and every day, come hell, come high water, we’re going to have to go on doing it as well as we can.”
“So it seems,” said Abner.
“Yes, so it seems,” said Judge Coates, “and so it is, and so it will be! And that’s where you come in. That’s all we want of you.”
Abner said, “What do you want of me?”
“We just want you to do the impossible,” Judge Coates said.
Smart People I Know 
Hehe, that’s a nice quote. Flying? Impossible. Telephones? Impossible. Internet? Computers? – Space?! Impossible.
We rawk. 😉
LOL! We do! We arising and do wonderous things with such ease. Humans underestimate themselves….