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October 23

October 23 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. ~ Maya Angelou
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Reality is always greater — much greater — than what we know, than whatever we can say about it. ~ Michael Crichton (born 23 October 1942)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * I am certain there is too much certainty in the world. ~ Michael Crichton
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. ~ Sarah Bernhardt
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget. ~ Sarah Bernhardt
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2009 : Once the curtain is raised, the actor ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third. And to this end the actor must forget his personality and throw aside his joys and sorrows. He must present the public with the reality of a being who for him is only a fiction. With his own eyes, he must shed the tears of the other. With his own voice, he must groan the anguish of the other. His own heart beats as if it would burst, for it is the other's heart that beats in his heart. And when he retires from a tragic or dramatic scene, if he has properly rendered his character, he must be panting and exhausted. ~ Sarah Bernhardt
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010 :
 * The best doctors found a middle position where they were neither overwhelmed by their feelings nor estranged from them. That was the most difficult position of all, and the precise balance — neither too detached nor too caring — was something few learned. ~ Michael Crichton
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * Life is short, even for those who live a long time, and we must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I look upon as a mere crowd, lively or sad, loyal or corrupt, from whom there is nothing to be expected but fleeting emotions, either pleasant or unpleasant, which leave no trace behind them. We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget. ~ Sarah Bernhardt
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Gbern3

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki, in regard of his recent death.

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Please crack down on the Chinaman's friends and Hitler's commander. ~ Dutch Schultz, shot that day
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:24, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: featured prominently in The Illuminatus! Trilogy ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:24, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:08, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 0 Zarbon 05:29, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 InvisibleSun 22:11, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, no hypothesis or theory can ever be proven. When we say that we believe a theory, what we really mean is that we are unable to show that the theory is wrong — not that we are able to show, beyond doubt, that the theory is right. ~ Michael Crichton Gerhard Robbins
 * 1 Kalki 20:05, 18 October 2007 (UTC) 3 Kalki 23:36, 22 October 2005 (UTC) downgraded rank, as this is not actually Crichton's, and therefore not strongly linked to the date
 * 2 InvisibleSun 17:36, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 if linked to the correct person and date Zarbon 05:29, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The above quote is actually attributable to the physicist Gerhard Robbins. Michael Crichton does use it (in the appendix to his book Eaters of the Dead...but he has correctly acknowledged it) ~ SusanPitt (Talk)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

For beauty being the best of all we know Sums up the unsearchable and secret aims Of nature. ~ Robert Bridges (born 23 October 1844)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 17:36, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:08, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:29, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Ah, my faith! I know nothing about it; I am my own ancestor. ~ Jean-Andoche Junot
 * 2 Zarbon 03:41, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 20:17, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:11, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

The world would not have had a Barack Obama or a Hillary Clinton if it had not been for my father's movement 40 years ago. To elect Senator Obama would be aproportion of that dream fulfilled. I believe we can do that if we elect the right leader. ~ Martin Luther King III
 * 2 Zarbon 03:41, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 05:33, 18 October 2009 (UTC) 0 Kalki 20:17, 16 October 2008 (UTC) I might normally rank this 2 or 3, but it is far too explicitly partisan a statement to be a Wikiquote QOTD at this stage of a major US election.
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:11, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~ Ned Rorem
 * 3 Zarbon 03:41, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 20:17, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. - InvisibleSun 22:11, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: The quote is not unsourced. The source is stated right under. - Zarbon 02:04, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

There'll never be a soccer player like Pelé. Better than Pelé, maybe, but not like Pelé. ~ Pelé
 * 2 Zarbon 03:41, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 20:17, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. InvisibleSun 22:11, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

I cannot walk a single step or make any movement or gesture, sit down, go out, look at the sky or ground, without feeling some reason for hope or despair, until at last, exasperated by the trammels put upon my actions by my thought, I defy all superstitions and just act as I want to act. ~ Sarah Bernhardt
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 11:44, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Sometimes I think man needs to feel a special position within nature, and this leads him to believe that he is either specially hated by other animals or specially cherished. Instead of the truth, which is that he's just another animal on the plain. A smart one, but just another animal. ~ Michael Crichton
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 11:44, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

The extreme positions of the Crossfire Syndrome require extreme simplification — framing the debate in terms which ignore the real issues. ~ Michael Crichton
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 11:44, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC) What is Crossfire Syndrome?

I want to mention in passing that punditry has undergone a subtle change over the years. In the old days, commentators such as Eric Sevareid spent most of their time putting events in a context, giving a point of view about what had already happened. Telling what they thought was important or irrelevant in the events that had already taken place. This is of course a legitimate function of expertise in every area of human knowledge. But over the years the punditic thrust has shifted away from discussing what has happened, to discussing what may happen. And here the pundits have no benefit of expertise at all. Worse, they may, like the Sunday politicians, attempt to advance one or another agenda by predicting its imminent arrival or demise. This is politicking, not predicting. ~ Michael Crichton
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 11:44, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Science is nothing more than a method of inquiry. The method says an assertion is valid — and merits universal acceptance — only if it can be independently verified. The impersonal rigor of the method means it is utterly apolitical. A truth in science is verifiable whether you are black or white, male or female, old or young. It's verifiable whether you like the results of a study, or you don't. ~ Michael Crichton
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 11:44, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Let's be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are verifiable by reference to the real world. In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results. The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus. There is no such thing as consensus science. If it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science, it isn't consensus. Period. ~ Michael Crichton
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 11:44, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

To give up responsibility for our lives is not healthy. ~ Michael Crichton
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 11:44, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

The doctor is not a miracle worker who can magically save us but, rather, an expert adviser who can assist us in our own recovery. ~ Michael Crichton
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 11:44, 4 October 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:11, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:11, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:15, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:15, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

 * 4 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 19:12, 22 October 2023 (UTC) // NOT 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:15, 9 February 2013 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

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November 23

November 23 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. ~ Václav Havel
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * As good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. ~ Areopagitica by John Milton (published 23 November 1644)
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2006
 * We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~ Thornton Wilder (quote for US Thanksgiving Day)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * There's only us, there's only this. Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other road, no other way, no day but today. I can't control my destiny. I trust my soul. My only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's only here. Give in to love, or live in fear. No other path, no other way. No day but today. ~ Jonathan Larson in "Another Day" from Rent ~
 * proposed by UDScott (initially proposed in 2005 for movie's opening date, but the John Milton quote was ranked higher)

 * 2008
 * Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play on the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter? ~ John Milton in Areopagitica
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * Old wood to burn! Old wine to drink! Old friends to trust! Old authors to read! ~ Alfonso X of Castile
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * Revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse. ~ John Milton in Areopagitica
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat. ~ John Milton in Areopagitica
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki for the 50th anniversary of the first episode of Doctor Who, first broadcast on 23 November 1963.

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki in regard to the anniversary of the publishing of Areopagitica

 * 2018

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2019

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2020

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2021

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki; final scheduled White House press briefing before his retirement.

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki; for the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of Doctor Who.

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Service is service, wherever it occurred. The defense of the fatherland is no small thing. ~ Rodion Malinovsky (born November 23)
 * 3 because this defines military principle and ideal. A loyal soldier is the same the world over, he is the man I adore and respect most of all. Zarbon 17:01, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: The Gates of Hell - Page 343 by Harrison Evans Salisbury - 1976
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:33, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 22:40, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe. ~ Alfonso X of Castile
 * 3 Zarbon 13:05, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:33, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:40, 22 November 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.

Born a saint, die a sinner, thats the way it's got ta be! ~ Billy the Kid
 * 2 Zarbon 13:05, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 22:40, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Tell me thou all pervading mind, When I this life forsake, Must ev'ry tender tie unbind, Each sweet connection break? ~ Ann Eliza Bleecker
 * 2 Zarbon 13:05, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:33, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:40, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Though such the darkness of my soul, Not such the calmness there; But waves of guilt tumultuous roll 'Midst billows of despair. ~ Ann Eliza Bleecker
 * 2 Zarbon 13:05, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:33, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:40, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

People long to go backward in their imagination as well as forward. We don't wish simply to exist forever in some future; we wish to have existed in some distant past. ~ Gloria Whelan (dob) (goodreads)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:56, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 19:55, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

I understood the life around me better, not from love, which everybody acknowledges to be a great teacher, but from estrangement, to which nobody has attributed the power of reinforcing insight. ~ Nirad C. Chaudhuri (dob) The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (goodreads)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 19:02, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 19:55, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

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December 23

December 23 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 *  'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight. ~ Joseph Brackett ~
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way . . . out of that a new holiday was born . . . a Festivus for the rest of us! ~ Jerry Stiller as "Frank Costanza" in Seinfeld (Festivus holiday)
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2006
 * The final frontier is perhaps the most difficult, but it's also the most important — and that's the frontier of the human spirit. For too long, people have allowed differences on the surface — differences of color, ethnicity, and gender — to tear apart the common bonds they share. And the human spirit suffers as a result. Imagine a world in which we saw beyond the lines that divide us, and celebrated our differences, instead of hiding from them. Imagine a world in which we finally recognized that, fundamentally, we are all the same. And imagine if we allowed that new understanding to build relations between people and between nations. ~ Wesley Clark
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * I think we should be very clear on this... this country was founded on the principles of the Enlightenment... It was the idea that people could talk, reason, have dialogue, discuss the issues. It wasn't founded on the idea that someone would get struck by a divine inspiration and know everything right from wrong. I mean, people who founded this country had religion, they had strong beliefs, but they believed in reason, in dialogue, in civil discourse. We can’t lose that in this country. We've got to get it back. ~ Wesley Clark (born 23 December 1944)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * Working together, we can build a world in which the rule of law — not the rule of force — governs relations between states. A world in which leaders respect the rights of their people, and nations seek peace, not destruction or domination. And neither we nor anyone else should live in fear ever again. ~ Wesley Clark
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * "Heaven helps those who help themselves" is a well-tried maxim, embodying in a small compass the results of vast human experience. The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigour and strength. Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates. Whatever is done for men or classes, to a certain extent takes away the stimulus and necessity of doing for themselves; and where men are subjected to over-guidance and over-government, the inevitable tendency is to render them comparatively helpless. ~ Samuel Smiles
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. ~ Samuel Smiles
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * Mere political reform will not cure the manifold evils which now afflict society. There requires a social reform, a domestic reform, an individual reform. ~ Samuel Smiles
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki; for the Vaikuntha Ekadashi of December 2023.

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions

 * Festivus is celebrated on this date. Many Humanism quotes would also be appropriate for HumanLight

It's a Festivus miracle! ~ Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld, celebrating this "holiday" on this date.
 * 2 ~ UDScott 21:51, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 - --Mister Six 11:10, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 20:15, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change. ~ Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
 * 3 Zarbon 05:52, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 18:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims. ~ Wesley Clark
 * 2 Zarbon 05:52, 8 December 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 2 Kalki 18:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash. ~ Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:42, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:43, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

A mystery of the universe is how it has managed to survive with so much volunteer help. ~ Norman Maclean, Young Men and Fire
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:42, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:43, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 21:07, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 21:07, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 21:51, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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What's New, Pussycat?

What's New, Pussycat? (Quoi de neuf, Pussycat? in French) is a 1965 screwball comedy film about a playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love and seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.
 * Directed by Clive Donner. Written by Woody Allen.

How You Cats Will Laugh when you see the answer to the comedy question of the year!

Fritz Fassbender

 * I've hated you from the first moment I married you!
 * You are a monster and a monster, in that order.
 * Silence when you're shouting at me!
 * You'll like this group analysis, it's a real freak show. If it gets dull, we sing songs.
 * My wife, the creature that ate Europe, is here.

Michael James

 * Marriage? That's for life! It's like cement!
 * Look, I know you'll think this is crazy, but, er, when the light hits me from a certain direction, I'm... handsome.
 * I'll be back tomorrow. If I'm not back tomorrow, send for the police. If they're not back tomorrow, send my clothes.

Victor Skapopulis

 * We played strip chess. She had me down to my shorts and I fainted from tension.
 * I just burnt my finger! I'm going to go in the bathroom and scream. I'll be out in a minute.

Dialogue

 * Fritz Fassbender: You're grotesque!
 * Anna Fassbender: Lascivious adulterer!
 * Fritz Fassbender: Don't you dare call me that again until I have looked it up! [looks in dictionary] "Lascivious adulterer... a man who is a lascivious adulterer"? What kind of book is this?

 * Anna Fassbender: Is she prettier than me?
 * Fritz Fassbender: Is she prettier than you? I'm prettier than you!

 * Michael: Did you get a job?
 * Victor: Yes, I got something at the strip-tease. I help the girls dress and undress.
 * Michael: Nice job.
 * Victor: Twenty francs a week.
 * Michael: Not very much.
 * Victor: It's all I could afford.

 * Liz Bien: You're right. I must face my problems. I can't go through life being a semi-virgin.
 * Michael James: What, in the name of all that is gracious, is a semi-virgin?
 * Liz Bien: Here, I'm a virgin. In America, I'm not.
 * Michael James: What do they do? Stamp it on your passport?

 * Fritz Fassbender: My father, the most beloved gynecologist in Vienna, before they took him away on a morals charge for indecent exposure at the State Opera House, said, and I quote: "Please do not take me away, I will not do it again."
 * Victor Skakapopulis: Brilliant quote.
 * Fritz Fassbender: He was a brilliant pervert.

 * Michael James: Could you tell me about your typical clientele?
 * Etienne: My typical clientele?
 * Michael James: Typical.
 * Etienne: All the people who are here now are typical clientele.
 * Michael James: Really?
 * Etienne: There is a man cheating on his wife in room Lola Montez. There is a woman cheating on her two husbands in Carlotta. Two lovers of indeterminate sex in Reine Margot. And two men cheating in Don Juan.
 * Michael James: Yes. Well, one might say the joint is jumping.

 * Fritz Fassbender: I, uh, decided to follow you here.
 * Michael James: If you followed me here, how did you contrive to be here before me?
 * Fritz Fassbender: I followed you... very fast.

Cast

 * Peter Sellers - Dr. Fritz Fassbender
 * Peter O'Toole - Michael James
 * Woody Allen - Victor Skapopulis
 * Romy Schneider - Carole
 * Capucine - Renée
 * Ursula Andress - Rita
 * Paula Prentiss - Liz

title: What's New, Pussycat?


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January 24

January 24 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2005
 * A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. ~ Albert Einstein
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. ~ William Congreve (born 24 January 1670)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent. ~ Sharon Tate (born 24 January 1943)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive. ~ Edith Wharton (born 24 January 1862)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~ Edith Wharton ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. ~ Edith Wharton
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, Tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise. ~ William Congreve ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing. ~ William Congreve
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by D is for d

 * 2014

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to his recent death.

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to his recent death.

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of his recent death.

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions

 * Claudius becomes emperor of Rome (41) · Discovery of Gold that starts the California Gold Rush (1848)
 * DOB: William Congreve · Frederick the Great · Hadrian · Oral Roberts · Yakov Smirnoff · Sharon Tate · Edith Wharton · Christian Wolff · Warren Zevon

Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn’t pay off. — (Warren Zevon b. 1/24/47 - d. 9/7/03 interview on "Late Show with David Letterman")
 * - Naglem 17:44, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 18:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 20:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC) But cut down to begin with "I might have made a tactical error..."
 * 1 Zarbon 18:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. ~ Edith Wharton
 * 3 InvisibleSun 18:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 20:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 18:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them & invent others that (one is fairly sure) don't exist — or exist in a less measure. ~ Edith Wharton
 * 3 InvisibleSun 18:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 20:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 18:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Enjoy every sandwich. ~ Warren Zevon
 * 3 Kalki 20:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4, but perhaps extended to:
 * I really always enjoyed myself. But it's more valuable now. You're reminded to enjoy every sandwich, and every minute of playing with the guys, and being with the kids and everything.

 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 18:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:38, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:38, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 02:29, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 02:29, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 02:29, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

title: January 24


text:
February 24

February 24 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Ethics and Aesthetics are one. ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on. ~ Steve Jobs (born 24 February 1955)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves. ~ Chester W. Nimitz (born 24 February 1885)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Terrible is the day when each sees his soul naked, stripped of all veil; that dear soul which he cannot change or discard, and which is so irreparably his. ~ George A. Moore
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2008
 * When you're young, you look at television and think, There's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That's a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It's the truth. ~ Steve Jobs (born 24 February 1955)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand. ~ George A. Moore
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. ~ George A. Moore
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2011
 * God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. ~ Chester W. Nimitz
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ~ Steve Jobs
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Illegitimate Barrister

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020
 * proposed by Illegitimate Barrister

 * 2021

 * proposed by Illegitimate Barrister

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of the first anniversary of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine initiated by Vladimir Putin.

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Quotes by people born this day, already used

 * See, I write jokes for a living, man. I sit in my hotel at night and think of something that's funny and then I go get a pen and write 'em down. Or, if the pen's too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny. ~ Mitch Hedberg
 * used 6 April 2005, selected by Kalki

 * I had a stick of Carefree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality. ~ Mitch Hedberg
 * used 17 May 2005, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
After all there is but one race — humanity. ~ George A. Moore
 * 3 InvisibleSun 06:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 20:07, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 22:48, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The public will accept a masterpiece, but it will not accept an attempt to write a masterpiece.. ~ George A. Moore
 * 3 Kalki 00:13, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:45, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

A great artist is always before his time or behind it. ~ George A. Moore
 * 3 Kalki 00:13, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 I like this one. Unique. Zarbon 05:45, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

The mind petrifies if a circle be drawn around it, and it can hardly be denied that dogma draws a circle round the mind. ~ George A. Moore
 * 3 Kalki 20:07, 23 February 2007 (UTC) 4 Kalki (talk · contributions) 16:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:41, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 22:48, 22 April 2008 (UTC) -->

Pearl Harbor has now been partially avenged. Vengeance will not be complete until Japanese sea power has been reduced to impotence. We have made substantial progress in that direction. Perhaps we will be forgiven if we claim we are about midway to our objective! ~ Chester W. Nimitz
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 07:40, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

The basic objectives and principles of war do not change. The final objective in war is the destruction of the enemy's capacity and will to fight, and thereby force him to accept the imposition of the victor's will. ~ Chester W. Nimitz
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 07:40, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace before the atomic age was announced to the world with the destruction of Hiroshima and before the Russian entry into war. … The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military standpoint, in the defeat of Japan. ~ Chester W. Nimitz
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 07:40, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

They fought together as brothers in arms; they died together and now they sleep side by side...To them, we have a solemn obligation — the obligation to ensure that their sacrifice will help make this a better and safer world in which to live. ~ Chester W. Nimitz
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 07:40, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me. ~ Steve Jobs
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 08:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

We used to dream about this stuff. Now we get to build it. It's pretty great. ~ Steve Jobs
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 08:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates. ~ Steve Jobs
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 08:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next. ~ Steve Jobs
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 08:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Don't you know that what happens to you once always happens again? You always react in the same way to the same thing. It's no accident when you make a mess. Then you do it again. It's called destiny. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * proposed by Nemo 13:46, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 18:47, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

 * 3.25 – Illegitimate Barrister, 07:03, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:14, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

 * 3.25. Shorter version: "Manhood in America is to be measured not by the color of the skin, but by the quality of the soul." – Illegitimate Barrister, 07:17, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:14, 23 February 2016 (UTC), with 3 leaning to 4, for the shorter suggestion.

 * 3.25. – Illegitimate Barrister, 08:41, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:14, 23 February 2016 (UTC), with a lean toward 3.

 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister, 01:30, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:14, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

 * 3.25. – Illegitimate Barrister, 03:28, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:14, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister, 05:37, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:14, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 22:39, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

title: February 24


text:
March 24

March 24 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. ~ Thomas Paine
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Love, work and knowledge are the well-springs of our life. They should also govern it. ~ Wilhelm Reich (born 24 March 1897)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * With the arrogance of youth, I determined to do no less than to transform the world with Beauty. If I have succeeded in some small way, if only in one small corner of the world, amongst the men and women I love, then I shall count myself blessed, and blessed, and blessed, and the work goes on. ~ William Morris (born 24 March 1834)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * What is humility but truthfulness? There is no real difference. ~ Walter Hilton (died March 24, 1396; date of birth unknown)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2008
 * I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. ~ William Morris
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * Follow the voice of your heart, even if it leads you off the path of timid souls. Do not become hard and embittered, even if life tortures you at times. There is only one thing that counts: to live one's life well and happily... ~ Wilhelm Reich
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Love is enough: though the World be a-waning And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining, Though the sky be too dark for dim eyes to discover The gold-cups and daisies fair blooming thereunder, Though the hills be held shadows, and the sea a dark wonder, And this day draw a veil over all deeds passed over, Yet their hands shall not tremble, their feet shall not falter; The void shall not weary, the fear shall not alter These lips and these eyes of the loved and the lover. ~ William Morris ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * Almighty Freedom! give my venturous song The force, the charm that to thy voice belong; Tis thine to shape my course, to light my way, To nerve my country with the patriot lay, To teach all men where all their interest lies, How rulers may be just and nations wise: Strong in thy strength I bend no suppliant knee, Invoke no miracle, no Muse but thee. ~ Joel Barlow ~
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2012
 * I knew, as everyone knows, that the easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place some one is going to attempt something that in the event of failure will mean sudden death. ~ Harry Houdini
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by JessRek6

 * 2020

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2021

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of her recent death, and her recent remarks regarding the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

 * 2023

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:

 * Man's right to know, to learn, to inquire, to make bona fide errors, to investigate human emotions must, by all means, be safe, if the word FREEDOM should ever be more than an empty political slogan. ~ Wilhelm Reich
 * used 3 November 2007, proposed by Kalki

Suggestions
I desire the love of God not because I am worthy, but because I am unworthy. ~ Walter Hilton
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 18:32, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Zarbon 04:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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There are many who are hypocrites although they think they are not, and there are many who are afraid of being hypocrites although they certainly are not. Which is the one and which is the other God knows, and none but He. ~ Walter Hilton
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 4 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:55, 23 March 2024 (UTC) 3 Kalki 18:32, 23 March 2007 (UTC) ;but would extend this slightly using a 1901 edition to read:
 * I will tell thee this one thing, that there be many hypocrites, and, nevertheless, they think themselves to be none, and that there be many that dread and fear themselves to be hypocrites, and soothly are none; who is the one, and who is the other, God knows, and none but He. Whoso will humbly dread, shall not be beguiled, and whoso thinketh himself secure, he may lightly fall.

 * 1 Zarbon 04:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

We therefore need to know the gifts given us by God, so that we may use them, for by these we shall be saved. ~ Walter Hilton
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 18:32, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 04:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

“Give,” said the little stream, “Give, oh give, give, oh give,” As it hurried down the hill. “I am small, I know, but wherever I go The fields grow greener still.” ~ Fanny Crosby
 * 3 Zarbon 03:12, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 02:51, 22 March 2012 (UTC) 3 Kalki 00:01, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 20:34, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

He open'd calm the universal cause, To give each realm its limit and its laws, Bid the last breath of tired contention cease, And bind all regions in the leagues of peace; Till one confederate, condependent sway Spread with the sun and bound the walks of day, One centred system, one all-ruling soul Live thro the parts and regulate the whole. ~ Joel Barlow
 * 3 Zarbon 03:12, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 00:01, 23 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 20:34, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

title: March 24


text:
April 24

April 24 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004 : In war, you win or lose, live or die — and the difference is just an eyelash. ~ Douglas MacArthur
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005 : Everything seems an echo of something else. ~ Robert Penn Warren (born 24 April 1905)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006 : The end of man is knowledge but there's one thing he can't know. He can't know whether knowledge will save him or kill him. He will be killed, all right, but he can't know whether he is killed because of the knowledge which he has got or because of the knowledge which he hasn't got and which if he had it would save him. ~ Robert Penn Warren (born 24 April 1905)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards. When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether his humility before God will atone for his want of manliness. ~ Anthony Trollope
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * The poem... is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see — it is, rather, a light by which we may see — and what we see is life. ~ Robert Penn Warren
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it. ~ Vincent de Paul
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * One need not hope in order to undertake, nor succeed in order to persevere. ~ William the Silent
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2011
 * However great the work that God may achieve by an individual, he must not indulge in self-satisfaction. He ought rather to be all the more humbled, seeing himself merely as a tool which God has made use of. ~ Vincent de Paul
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2012
 * So little time we live in Time, And we learn all so painfully, That we may spare this hour's term To practice for Eternity. ~ Robert Penn Warren ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2016

 * proposed by DanielTom

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of Eastern Orthodox Easter 2022.

 * 2023
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki<!-- * 4 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:52, 24 April 2024 (UTC) * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:56, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
There can only be peace when they will start to love their children more than they hate us. ~ Golda Meir
 * 3. Nominated for Israel Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzma'ut) 2007. LordAmeth 18:46, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 16:41, 23 April 2008 (UTC) 3 Kalki 11:11, 23 April 2007 (UTC) No longer associated with this date — Yom Ha'atzmaut, falls on 8 May this year, and there remains no definite source for this statement. In 2007 I ranked it 3 and remarked: leaning towards a four, but only for 2007, as the Gregorian date varies for Yom Ha'atzma'ut, which is based on the Hebrew calendar. It also fits in well with the previous QOTD by Shakespeare. But I would prefer to use one of the better sourced or more widely used variants:
 * Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.
 * or
 * Peace will come when the Arabs start to love their children more than they hate us.
 * Despite believing these sentiments probably originated with a statement of Meir somewhere, and liking this much in a more universal sense, of there being peace when people start loving their children more than they hate each other, there is not yet a definitely reliable source for this, and I am declining to use it for this date. Hopefully some definite source of Meir's exact statement can be found in the months ahead, and this can be used at some other date. ~ Kalki 21:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

 * 2 Zarbon 00:12, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Life is so unlike theory. ~ Anthony Trollope (born 24 April 1815)
 * 3 Kalki 11:11, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 20:54, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 00:12, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality. What men ought to want is liberty. ~ Anthony Trollope
 * 3 Kalki 11:11, 23 April 2007 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 20:54, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 00:12, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

In separateness only does love learn definition. ~ Robert Penn Warren
 * 3 Kalki 22:23, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 00:12, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 18:19, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

...the basic principles of the military services are unchangeable. Courage and candor, obedience and comradeship, love of fatherland and loyalty to the State: these are ever the distinguishing characteristics of the soldier and sailor. Building character through intelligent training and education is always the first and greatest goal. ~ Erich Raeder
 * 3 Zarbon 04:19, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:20, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:42, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen. ~ John Trumbull
 * 3 Zarbon 23:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:38, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:42, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose? ~ John Trumbull
 * 3 Zarbon 23:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:38, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:42, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law. ~ John Trumbull
 * 3 Zarbon 23:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:38, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:42, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don't actually live longer; it just seems longer. ~ Clement Freud
 * 3 Zarbon 23:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

It is not possible for me to bear alone such labours and the burden of such weighty cares as press on me from hour to hour, without one man at my side to help me. I have not a soul to aid me in all my anxieties and toils. ~ William the Silent
 * 2 Zarbon 23:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

We must have patience and not lose heart, submitting to the will of God, and striving incessantly, as I have resolved to do, come what may. ~ William the Silent
 * 2 Zarbon 23:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.

For me nature is not a landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces - an event rather than an appearance. ~ Bridget Riley
 * 2 Zarbon 23:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 00:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of security. It is an illusion because it is built on a long history of injustices: racism, criminality, and the genocide of millions. Many people say it is insane to resist the system, but actually, it is insane not to. ~ Mumia Abu-Jamal
 * 2 Zarbon 23:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none. ~ Mumia Abu-Jamal
 * 2 Zarbon 23:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC) such is conventional politics, and conventional political rhetoric, but there are notions of politics and rhetoric far beyond such tripe and such tropes.

 * Christians, be ye more serious in your movements; Be ye not like a feather at each wind, And think not every water washes you. Ye have the Old and the New Testament, And the Pastor of the Church who guideth you Let this suffice you unto your salvation.  If evil appetite cry aught else to you, Be ye as men, and not as silly sheep, So that the Jew among you may not mock you. ~ Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Paradiso, Canto V, 73-81 (Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. ~ Stephen Hawking
 * 3 --Jedi3 (talk) 20:38, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:54, 23 April 2018 (UTC) but there is no clear relationship to this date.
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:54, 23 April 2018 (UTC) but there is no clear relationship to this date.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. ~ Albert Einstein
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:54, 23 April 2018 (UTC) but there is no clear relationship to this date.
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:54, 23 April 2018 (UTC) but there is no clear relationship to this date.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:48, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:48, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

title: April 24


text:
May 24

May 24 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004 : The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. ~ Carl Jung
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005 : I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. ~ Bob Dylan (born 24 May 1941)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006 : Every failure is a step to success. ~ William Whewell (born 24 May 1794)
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2007
 * Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom. ~ Benjamin N. Cardozo (born 24 May 1870)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error. ~ William Whewell
 * proposed by Kalki (proposed and chosen without recognition that part of it had been used in 2006)

 * 2009
 * How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. ~ Bob Dylan ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. ~ Bob Dylan ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * Magic words and incantations are as fatal to our science as they are to any other. Methods, when classified and separated, acquire their true bearing and perspective as a means to an end, not as ends in themselves. We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is illusion. ~ Benjamin N. Cardozo
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:

 * Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
 * used 15 August 2003; selected by Nanobug

 * I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
 * used 2 May 2004; selected by Kalki

Suggestions
Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation. ~ William Whewell (born May 24)
 * 3 because science is a deciphered truth, based on fact and fact alone. Misinterpretation has never played a role in the scientific defense, even when man has interpreted as such from nature itself. Zarbon 05:34, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.🗣 01:07, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation's mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nation's needs. ~ Jan Smuts (born May 24)
 * 3 because the needs and wants of man can be changed. Zarbon 05:33, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 J.A.R.N.Y. 00:58, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

The emotional appeal of nature is tremendous, sometimes almost more than one can bear. ~ Jan Smuts (born May 24)
 * 2 because the effects of nature on one can be irreperable. Zarbon 05:33, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 but would extend this to "The intimate rapport with nature is one of the most precious things in life. Nature is indeed very close to us; sometimes closer than hands and feet, of which in truth she is but the extension. The emotional appeal of nature is tremendous, sometimes almost more than one can bear."
 * 3 For the extended quotation. - InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.🗣 01:07, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

It is the army that finally makes a citizen of you; without it you still have a chance, however slim, to remain a human being. ~ Joseph Brodsky
 * 3 Zarbon 04:03, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

The formula for prison is a lack of space counterbalanced by a surplus of time. ~ Joseph Brodsky
 * 4 Zarbon 04:03, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 16:52, 16 May 2009 (UTC) * 2 Kalki 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Five or six hundred [aristocratic] heads lopped off would have assured you repose and happiness; a false humanity has restrained your arm and suspended your blows; it will cost the lives of millions of your brothers. ~ Jean-Paul Marat
 * 2 Zarbon 04:07, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

No force however great can stretch a cord however fine into an horizontal line which is accurately straight. ~ William Whewell
 * 2 Kalki 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 I remember seeing this quotation, beginning "Hence no force," etc., cited in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations as "an example of accidental rhyme and metre." In Bartlett's the quotation begins with "And so no force," etc. It might be better to restore the original phrasing, whichever it might be, so as to emphasize, by the cadence of the words, the serendipity of this rhymed-and-metered prose. - InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 00:08, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.🗣 01:07, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 09:26, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 09:26, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Real Christians do not carry their religion, their religion carries them. It is not weight, it is wings. It lifts them up, it sees them over hard places. It makes the universe seem friendly, life purposeful, hope real, sacrifice worthwhile. It sets them free from fear, futility, discouragement, and sin — the great enslaver of men's souls. You can know a real Christian when you see him, by his buoyancy. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 09:26, 4 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC), with a strong lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC), with a strong lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC), with a strong lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

title: May 24


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July 24

July 24 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. ~ Will Rogers
 * selected by Nanobug

 * 2004
 * Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, Lady, were no crime. ~ Andrew Marvell
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Thro' many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home. ~ John Newton, in "Amazing Grace"
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * There is one story and one story only. Dwell on her graciousness, dwell on her smiling, Do not forget what flowers The great boar trampled down in ivy time. Her brow was creamy as the long ninth wave, Her sea-blue eyes were wild. But nothing promised that is not performed. ~ Robert Graves ~
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2007
 * New beginnings and new shoots Spring again from hidden roots Pull or stab or cut or burn, Love must ever yet return. ~ Robert Graves ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end. ~ John Newton
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * The art of victory is learned in defeat. ~ Simón Bolívar
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * The three greatest fools of History have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote . . . and me! ~ Simón Bolívar
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * God give us men. The time demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and willing hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And dam his treacherous flatteries without winking; Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking. ~ Josiah Gilbert Holland ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * proposed by Kalki
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2014
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2016

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2017

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it? ~ O. Henry, released from prison that day.
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:48, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 17:29, 23 July 2007 (UTC) But more inclined to use it on O. Henry's birthdate.
 * 2 --Coyote 23:03, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:39, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:44, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

How will I ever get out of this labyrinth? ~ Simón Bolívar (born July 24)
 * 3 Zarbon 17:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: Art and Anger: Essays on Politics and the Imagination - Page 55 by Ilan Stavans - Political Science - 2001
 * 2 Kalki 23:49, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:44, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature, and make it obey. ~ Simón Bolívar (born July 24)
 * 3 because this is a pure depiction of using mighty nature in comparison to any obstacle. Power can be won over anything. Zarbon 17:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: Birth of a World: Bolivar in Terms of His Peoples - Page 55 by Waldo David Frank - 1951
 * 2 Kalki 23:49, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:44, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Sleeping on a plank has one advantage — it encourages early rising. ~ Alexandre Dumas
 * 2 Zarbon 19:35, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:49, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:44, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

The heart is wiser than the intellect. ~ Josiah Gilbert Holland
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 03:44, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:44, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

The moment we recognize God as supreme in power and infinitely good and loving toward all His intelligent creatures, that moment we admit the doctrine of universal and special providence. ~ Josiah Gilbert Holland
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 03:44, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:44, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

What do you think God gave you more wealth than is requisite to satisfy your rational wants for, when you look around and see how many are in absolute need of that which you do not need? Can you not take the hint? ~ Josiah Gilbert Holland
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 03:44, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:44, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Open your hands, ye Whose hands are full! The world is waiting for you! The whole machinery of the Divine beneficence is clogged by your hard hearts and rigid fingers. Give and spend, and be sure that God will send; for only in giving and spending do you fulfill the object of His sending. ~ Josiah Gilbert Holland
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 03:44, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:44, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life and the procedure. The process is its own reward. ~ Amelia Earhart
 * 3 bystander (talk) 15:12, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:26, 23 July 2015 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 11:37, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 11:37, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 11:37, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

title: July 24