ACTION by Thothmoses

Fort Knox is reputed to be full of ingots of gold.
These ingots are almost uniform blocks, virtually indistinguishable from one another. Although they seem to be intrinsically valuable they are in fact useless in themselves. Their value lies in their potential - what you can get for them in exchange, or what you can make them into by the application of your own resources and skills. So it is with this... the entries are cast in a uniform shape but they are in fact fairly useless in themselves. It won't pay you to leave them just as you find them - their value too lies in their potential, in what you do with them.

from the introduction to
Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies, 2nd Edition
Routledge (1994)

Thothmoses VIII Translator of the Gods. Scribe of the Kings. Next in line for the throne.