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July 10

July 10 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! ~ Michael Palin as "Dennis" in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combatted, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle. ~ Nikola Tesla (born 10 July 1856)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of a planter — for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation of those who are to come and point the way. ~ Nikola Tesla (born 10 July 1856)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * The only true voyage of discovery, the only fountain of Eternal Youth, would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to behold the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to behold the hundred universes that each of them beholds, that each of them is. ~ Marcel Proust
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2008
 * Science is but a perversion of itself unless it has as its ultimate goal the betterment of humanity. ~ Nikola Tesla
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer. ~ William Blackstone
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2010
 * Universal peace as a result of cumulative effort through centuries past might come into existence quickly — not unlike a crystal that suddenly forms in a solution which has been slowly prepared. ~ Nikola Tesla
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * When from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, still, alone, more fragile, but with more vitality, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us, waiting and hoping for their moment, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unfaltering, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection. ~ Marcel Proust
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2012
 * proposed by InvisibleSun
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 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, in regard to his recent death.

 * 2020

 * proposed by Illegitimate Barrister

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2024

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Ranking system:
 * 4 : Excellent - should definitely be used.
 * 3 : Very Good - strong desire to see it used.
 * 2 : Good - some desire to see it used.
 * 1 : Acceptable - but with no particular desire to see it used.
 * 0 : Not acceptable - not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.

Suggestions
Tesla has contributed more to electrical science than any man up to his time. ~ Lord Kelvin. Nikola Tesla was born that day.
 * 1 121a0012 June 27, 2005 03:59 (UTC) (Surely wtih the likes of Cheryl Wheeler and Arlo Guthrie born on this day, we can do better!)
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 27 June 2005 11:27 (UTC) (Better than Tesla, to whom all people are indebted to? Tesla made mass-use of computers which generate large amount of electricity possible with alternating current. There are not many people who contributed more to humanity than Tesla has, and very few who got as little thanks).
 * 3 AllanHainey 7 July 2005 13:55 (UTC)
 * 1 Sorry, but bored. Aphaia 21:26, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 0 Jeff Q (talk) 10:15, 8 July 2006 (UTC). Better a quote from Telsa himself.
 * 1 Kalki 20:11, 9 July 2007 (UTC) Agree that quotes by Tesla are superior to quotes about him as commemorations of his birthday, but might eventually rank this higher.
 * 0 because I agree with Jeffq. Zarbon 05:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:05, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

That's all, folks! ~ Porky Pig voiced by Mel Blanc who died on this day.
 * 3 AllanHainey 7 July 2005 13:55 (UTC)
 * 2 Without context, it sounds not significant. --Aphaia 21:26, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 11:22, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 18:57, 9 July 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 0 Zarbon 05:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 Ningauble 14:01, 3 July 2009 (UTC) Because (1) Mel Blanc's rendition was original but we cannot render it here, and (2) the closing line was not original to the Porky Pig character, but was borrowed from Bosko.
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:05, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

 * "Eh... what's up, doc?" - Bugs Bunny by Mel Blanc
 * 3 AllanHainey 7 July 2005 13:55 (UTC) both just so that there is a few to choose from.
 * 2 Without context, it sounds not significant. --Aphaia 21:26, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 11:22, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 18:57, 9 July 2007 (UTC) would be better on Blanc's birthday perhaps.
 * 0 Zarbon 05:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:05, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Doubtless all arbitrary powers, well executed, are the most convenient, yet let it be again remembered, that delays, and little inconveniences in the forms of justice, are the price that all free nations must pay for their liberty in more substantial matters; that these inroads upon this sacred bulwark of the nation are fundamentally opposite to the spirit of our constitution; and that, though begun in trifles, the precedent may gradually increase and spread, to the utter disuse of juries in questions of the most momentous concern. ~ William Blackstone (born July 10, 1723)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 11:22, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 18:57, 9 July 2007 (UTC) but would probably expand this for context to read:
 * The founders of the English laws have with excellent forecast contrived, that no man should be called to answer to the king for any capital crime, unless upon the preparatory accusation of twelve or more of his fellow subjects, the grand jury: and that the truth of every accusation, whether preferred in the shape of indictment, information, or appeal, should afterwards be confirmed by the unanimous suffrage of twelve of his equals and neighbours, indifferently chosen, and superior to all suspicion. So that the liberties of England cannot but subsist, so long as this palladium remains sacred and inviolate, not only from all open attacks, (which none will be so hardy as to make) but also from all secret machinations, which may sap and undermine it; by introducing new and arbitrary methods of trial, by justices of the peace, commissioners of the revenue, and courts of conscience. And however convenient these may appear at first, (as doubtless all arbitrary powers, well executed, are the most convenient) yet let it be again remembered, that delays, and little inconveniences in the forms of justice, are the price that all free nations must pay for their liberty in more substantial matters; that these inroads upon this sacred bulwark of the nation are fundamentally opposite to the spirit of our constitution; and that, though begun in trifles, the precedent may gradually increase and spread, to the utter disuse of juries in questions of the most momentous concern.

 * 1 Zarbon 05:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:05, 4 July 2013 (UTC) I've read this three times and I still have no idea what it means. Once I get to the semicolon, it's all downhill.

Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, involve me, I understand. ~ Carl Orff
 * 3 Kalki 20:11, 9 July 2007 (UTC) (I would probably rank this a 4, if proven to be Orff's comment, but I haven't been able to definitely source it; though I have seen it specifically cited to Orff, it has also sometimes been cited as an "ancient proverb" "ancient chinese proverb" or "old chinese proverb" — since at least as early as 1983 — though it does seem precisely characteristic of Orff's teaching philosophy.)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:05, 4 July 2013 (UTC) ("3" with a source)

Elemental Music is never just music. It's bound up with movement, dance and speech, and so it is a form of music in which one must participate, in which one is involved not as a listener bust as a co-performer. ~ Carl Orff
 * 3 Kalki 10:14, 3 July 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 05:04, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:05, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 21:34, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs) 08:10, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs) 08:10, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

title: July 10


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August 10

August 10 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Nobody can be said to have attained the pinnacle of Truth until a thousand sincere people have denounced him for blasphemy. ~ Anthony de Mello
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * There's a whole industry of conservatives saying, "Ah, it's those damn liberals," and a whole group of liberals saying, "It's all those damn conservatives." ~ Peter Jennings (recent death)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. ~ Herbert Hoover (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * It has occasionally been remarked upon that it is as easy to overlook something large and obvious as it is to overlook something small and niggling, and that the large things one overlooks can often cause problems. ~ Neil Gaiman in Stardust (movie adaptation released 10 August 2007)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * We are living in a time of trouble and bewilderment, in a time when none of us can foresee or foretell the future. But surely it is in times like these, when so much that we cherish is threatened or in jeopardy, that we are impelled all the more to strengthen our inner resources, to turn to the things that have no news value because they will be the same to-morrow that they were to-day and yesterday — the things that last, the things that the wisest, the most farseeing of our race and kind have been inspired to utter in forms that can inspire ourselves in turn. ~ Laurence Binyon (born 10 August 1869)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce them to a subhuman level is to exonerate them of their acts of terrorism and mass murder — just as animals are not deemed morally responsible for killing. Insisting on the humanity of terrorists is, in fact, critical to maintaining their profound responsibility for the evil they commit. And, if they are human, then they must necessarily not be treated in an inhuman fashion. You cannot lower the moral baseline of a terrorist to the subhuman without betraying a fundamental value. ~ Andrew Sullivan
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2010
 * The one thing we know about torture is that it was never designed in the first place to get at the actual truth of anything; it was designed in the darkest days of human history to produce false confessions in order to annihilate political and religious dissidents. And that is how it always works: it gets confessions regardless of their accuracy. ~ Andrew Sullivan
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2011
 * What modernity requires is not that you cease living according to your faith, but that you accept that others may differ and that therefore politics requires a form of discourse that is reasonable and accessible to believer and non-believer alike. This religious restraint in politics is critical to the maintenance of liberal democracy. ~ Andrew Sullivan
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * proposed by Kalki
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 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; in regard of his recent death.

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Ranking system:
 * 4 : Excellent - should definitely be used.
 * 3 : Very Good - strong desire to see it used.
 * 2 : Good - some desire to see it used.
 * 1 : Acceptable - but with no particular desire to see it used.
 * 0 : Not acceptable - not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.

Suggestions
To program is to understand. ~ Kristen Nygaard, computer scientist, died that day.
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 05:56, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:14, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 15:20, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 19:28, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:33, 1 August 2013 (UTC); no context.

Oh father high in heaven -- smile down upon your son Who's busy with his money games -- his women and his gun. ~ Ian Anderson
 * 3 Zarbon 05:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 19:28, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 23:45, 9 August 2008 (UTC) Many of the Jethro Tull lyrics are interesting, and I might eventually suggest a few myself, but I don't count these as among the best.
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:33, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

First silence. Then denial. Then support of the insupportable. Then vilification of the dissenters. The pattern is as old as time. ~ Andrew Sullivan
 * 3 InvisibleSun 19:28, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 23:45, 9 August 2008 (UTC) The context of the quote isn't sufficiently clear as it stands.
 * 2 Zarbon 00:57, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:33, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

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title: August 10


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September 10

September 10 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant. ~ Richard Ferris
 * selected by Fonzy

 * 2004
 * He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees. ~ Benjamin Franklin
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * I strongly reject any conceptual scheme that places our options on a line, and holds that the only alternative to a pair of extreme positions lies somewhere between them. More fruitful perspectives often require that we step off the line to a site outside the dichotomy. ~ Stephen Jay Gould (born 10 September 1941)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Organisms are not billiard balls, propelled by simple and measurable external forces to predictable new positions on life's pool table. Sufficiently complex systems have greater richness. Organisms have a history that constrains their future in myriad, subtle ways. ~ Stephen Jay Gould (born 10 September 1941)
 * proposed by MosheZadka

 * 2007
 * The river of truth is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between them, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the mainstream. ~ Cyril Connolly (born 10 September 1903)
 * Loosely sourced variant originally proposed by Kalki, correctly sourced version from a published edition of The Unquiet Grave (1944) proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2008
 * Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. ~ Cyril Connolly
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * It is the man of science, eager to have his every opinion regenerated, his every idea rationalized, by drinking at the fountain of fact, and devoting all the energies of his life to the cult of truth, not as he understands it, but as he does not yet understand it, that ought properly to be called a philosopher. ~ Charles Sanders Peirce
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs. ~ Charles Sanders Peirce
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * The idea does not belong to the soul; it is the soul that belongs to the idea. ~ Charles Sanders Peirce
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of his ascension to the throne, and his mother's recent death.

 * 2023
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Evolutionists make no claim for perpetual truth, though creationists often do (and then attack us for a style of argument that they themselves favor). In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. ~ Stephen Jay Gould (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 16:34, 30 August 2005 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 02:30, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 22:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Each of the major sciences has contributed an essential ingredient in our long retreat from an initial belief in our own cosmic importance. Astronomy defined our home as a small planet tucked away in one corner of an average galaxy among millions; biology took away our status as paragons created in the image of God; geology gave us the immensity of time and taught us how little of it our own species has occupied. ~ Stephen Jay Gould (born 10 September 1941)
 * 3 Kalki 16:34, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 02:30, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 22:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

We inhabit a complex world. Some boundaries are sharp and permit clean and definite distinctions. But nature also includes continua that cannot be neatly parceled into two piles of unambiguous yeses and noes. Biologists have rejected, as fatally flawed in principle, all attempts by anti-abortionists to define an unambiguous 'beginning of life,' because we know so well that the sequence from ovulation or spermatogenesis to birth is an unbreakable continuum—and surely no one will define masturbation as murder. ~ Stephen Jay Gould (born 10 September 1941)
 * 3 Kalki 16:34, 30 August 2005 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 02:30, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 because I'm not too fond of seeing a quote dealing with masturbation as QOTD. But the message is rather understandable. Zarbon 22:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

We fear something before we hate; a child who fears noises becomes the man who hates them. ~ Cyril Connolly (born September 10, 1903)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 02:30, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:47, 31 August 2012 (UTC) 3 Kalki 16:54, 9 September 2007 (UTC) but still with a lean toward 3 — there just are many more on the page that I prefer more.
 * 3 because this is very true. And as Yoda of Star Wars described it so well, fear leads to the dark side, something I find exquisitely full of moral worth. Zarbon 22:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

'Dry again?' said the Crab to the Rock-Pool. 'So would you be,' replied the Rock-Pool, 'if you had to satisfy, twice a day, the insatiable sea.' ~ Cyril Connolly
 * 3 InvisibleSun 02:30, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:54, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 22:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

A stone lies in a river; a piece of wood is jammed against it; dead leaves, drifting logs, and branches caked with mud collect; weeds settle there, and soon birds have made a nest and are feeding their young among the blossoming water plants. Then the river rises and the earth is washed away. The birds depart, the flowers wither, the branches are dislodged and drift downward; no trace is left of the floating island but a stone submerged by the water; — such is our personality. ~ Cyril Connolly
 * 4 InvisibleSun 02:30, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 16:54, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 22:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

It is after creation, in the elation of success, or the gloom of failure, that love becomes essential. ~ Cyril Connolly (born 10 September 1903)
 * 3 Kalki 12:14, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 00:41, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 22:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. ~ Cyril Connolly (born 10 September 1903)
 * 3 Kalki 12:14, 10 September 2006 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 00:41, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 22:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to. ~ Carl Van Doren
 * 2 Zarbon 19:15, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:21, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:07, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

The tree of liberty only grows when watered by the blood of tyrants. ~ Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac
 * 2 Zarbon 19:15, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:21, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 23:07, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

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It is only the dead who do not return. ~ Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac
 * 2 Zarbon 19:15, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:21, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 23:07, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

I carry on in my own narrow little tunnel and we have very different experiences of life even though we live together. ~ Siobhan Fahey
 * 2 Zarbon 19:15, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:21, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:07, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

If this world is wearing thin And you're thinking of escape I'll go anywhere with you Just wrap me up in chains But if you try to go alone Don't think I'll understand (Stay) Stay with me ~ Siobhan Fahey ~
 * 3 Kalki 23:11, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Happiness is … the grace of being permitted to unfold … all the spiritual powers planted within us. ~ Franz Werfel
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:11, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable. ~ Mary Oliver
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 14:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed. ~ Mary Oliver
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 14:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. ~ Mary Oliver
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 14:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird — equal seekers of sweetness ~ Mary Oliver
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 14:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't want to end up simply having visited this world. ~ Mary Oliver
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 14:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light. ~ Mary Oliver
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 14:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Light is an invitation to happiness, and that happiness, when it’s done right, is a kind of holiness. ~ Mary Oliver
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 14:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? ~ Mary Oliver
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 14:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Our idea of anything is our idea of its sensible effects; and if we fancy that we have any other we deceive ourselves, and mistake a mere sensation accompanying the thought for a part of the thought itself. It is absurd to say that thought has any meaning unrelated to its only function. ~ Charles Sanders Peirce
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:31, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:14, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

title: September 10


text:
October 10

October 10 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * selected by Jimregan

 * 2004
 * You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence. ~ Robert Frost
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity — love. And the story of a love is not important — what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity. ~ Helen Hayes (born 10 October 1900)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * I would like to make the point that we cannot undo the past but we can learn from it, and we cannot predict the future but we can shape and build it. ~ Epeli Ganilau (born 10 October 1951)
 * proposed by MosheZadka

 * 2007
 * The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world — and the most dangerous. ~ James Clavell (born 10 October 1924)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty. When there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace. When there are too many lawyers, there can be no justice. ~ Lin Yutang
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2009
 * Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population. For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges." ~ The Norwegian Nobel Committee on the Nobel Peace Prize of 2009 ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * I am doing my best to glorify the scamp or vagabond. I hope I shall succeed. For things are not so simple as they sometimes seem. In this present age of threats to democracy and individual liberty, probably only the scamp and the spirit of the scamp alone will save us from being lost in serially numbered units in the masses of disciplined, obedient, regimented and uniformed coolies. The scamp will be the last and most formidable enemy of dictatorships. He will be the champion of human dignity and individual freedom, and will be the last to be conquered. All modern civilization depends entirely upon him. ~ Lin Yutang
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * I distrust all dead and mechanical formulas for expressing anything connected with human affairs and human personalities. Putting human affairs in exact formulas shows in itself a lack of the sense of humor and therefore a lack of wisdom. ~ Lin Yutang
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2013

 * proposed by N6n

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki
 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2018

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki; recent announcement of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winners.

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others cannot grasp. ~ Ed Wood (date of birth)
 * 2 Kalki 01:02, 9 October 2007 (UTC) 3 Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC) memorable line attributed to the director of Plan 9 from Outer Space, but I can't find any reliable source for this.
 * 3 because many people label something mad when they don't understand it. Zarbon 04:11, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 pending source for quote. InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~ Gautama Buddha
 * Capitalistpiglet 14:50, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:53, 18 October 2007 (UTC) No clear relation to the date, and no definitely reliable source for this attribution, as yet.
 * 2 Zarbon 04:11, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 because of being unrelated to date and pending source for quote. InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Now dig my grave Beneath the bay willows' boughs And with blackness cover it over again, There for evermore Go from my domain: I wish to slumber in peace. ~ Aleksis Kivi
 * 3 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because its leaves are a little yellow, its tone mellower, its colours richer, and it is tinged a little with sorrow and a premonition of death. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor of the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and is content. From a knowledge of those limitations and its richness of experience emerges a symphony of colours, richer than all, its green speaking of life and strength, its orange speaking of golden content and its purple of resignation and death. ~ Lin Yutang
 * 2 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

In the West, the insane are so many that they are put in an asylum, in China the insane are so unusual that we worship them. ~ Lin Yutang
 * 2 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 I hope the context is not political!N6n 15:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

It is not when he is working in his office but when he is lying idly on the sand that his soul utters, "Life is beautiful." ~ Lin Yutang
 * 2 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

When the mirror meets with an ugly woman, when a rare ink-stone finds a vulgar owner, and when a good sword is in the hands of a common general, there is utterly nothing to be done about it. ~ Lin Yutang
 * 2 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

I disagree that I'm on the wrong side. I'm just not on your side. ~ Francis Escudero
 * 2 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

In a democracy, you must follow the will of the majority, which may be right or wrong, moral or immoral, just or unjust. If that's the ruling of the majority that is what you should follow, respect, and obey — although you may continue to disagree with it. ~ Francis Escudero
 * 2 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Winning doesn't necessarily mean you're right. History will be a better judge of that. But that's the beauty of democracy - you believe what you believe, I believe what I believe. ~ Francis Escudero
 * 2 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

If you rest, you rust. ~ Helen Hayes
 * 2 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it did alright by me. ~ Helen Hayes
 * 2 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 N6n 15:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Age is not important unless you're a cheese. ~ Helen Hayes
 * 2 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 N6n 15:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings. ~ Helen Hayes
 * 3 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:56, 8 October 2014 (UTC) 3 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 N6n 15:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

For too long, we have allowed fear to dictate our politics and suspicions, to shape how we perceive other communities. ~ Epeli Ganilau
 * 2 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 N6n 15:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Race is a fact of life and is not a problem unless people make it out to be so. ~ Epeli Ganilau
 * 2 Zarbon 15:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 N6n 15:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

In bed we laugh, in bed we cry; And, born in bed, in bed we die. The near approach a bed may show Of human bliss to human woe. ~ Isaac de Benserade (date of death)
 * 4 Zarbon 03:52, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Egocentrics are attracted to the inept. It gives them one more excuse for patting themselves on the back. ~ Helen Hayes
 * 3 Kalki 01:26, 9 October 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Actors work and slave — and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end. ~ Helen Hayes
 * 3 Kalki 01:26, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

To me personally the only function of philosophy is to teach us to take life more lightly and gayly than the average businessman does, for no businessman who does not retire at fifty, if he can, is in my eyes a philosopher. ~ Lin Yutang
 * 3 Kalki 01:26, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 N6n 15:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:21, 9 October 2019 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:21, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:21, 9 October 2019 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:21, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:21, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:21, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:21, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:21, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:21, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:21, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:21, 9 October 2019 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

title: October 10


text:
November 10

November 10 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * When war is declared, truth is the first casualty. ~ Arthur Ponsonby
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * We are always living in the final days. What have you got? A hundred years or much, much less until the end of your world. ~ Neil Gaiman (born 10 November 1960)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Rarely do we arrive at the summit of truth without running into extremes; we have frequently to exhaust the part of error, and even of folly, before we work our way up to the noble goal of tranquil wisdom. ~ Friedrich Schiller (born 10 November 1759)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2007
 * There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous. ~ "Mr. Wednesday" in American Gods by Neil Gaiman
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * The dignity of mankind is in your hands; protect it! It sinks with you! With you it will ascend. ~ Friedrich Schiller ~
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. ~ Friedrich Schiller
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays. ~ Friedrich Schiller
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * All we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive the world: our sight, our touch, our memory. If they lie to us, then nothing can be trusted. And even if we do not believe, then still we cannot travel in any other way than the road our senses show us; and we must walk that road to the end. ~ Neil Gaiman in American Gods
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 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 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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

 * Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. ~ Friedrich Schiller
 * used 24 August 2004, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
Dr. Livingstone, I presume? ~ Henry Morton Stanley, uttered that day

 * 1 Kalki 08:07, 9 November 2007 (UTC) Many things by Neil Gaiman and some by Friedrich Schiller far outrank the appeal of this one for me.
 * 0 Zarbon 06:00, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:35, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

If my dream was true, then everything we know, everything we think we know is a lie. It means the world's about as solid and as reliable as a layer of scum on the top of a well of black water which goes down forever, and there are things in the depths that I don't even want to think about. It means that we're just dolls. We don't have a clue what's really going down, we just kid ourselves that we're in control of our lives while a paper's thickness away things that would drive us mad if we thought about them for too long play with us, and move us around from room to room, and put us away at night when they're tired, or bored. ~ Neil Gaiman (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 20:03, 9 November 2005 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:51, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 06:00, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Where'er I roam, whatever realms I see, My heart untraveled fondly turns to thee; Still to my brother turns with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain. ~ Oliver Goldsmith (born November 10, ca. 1730)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:51, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 08:07, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:00, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. ~ Oliver Goldsmith
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:51, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 08:07, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:00, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

All that is good is simple and all that is simple is good. ~ Mikhail Kalashnikov
 * 3 Zarbon 03:39, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:51, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

God felt sorry for actors, so he gave them a place in the sun and a lot of money. All they had to sacrifice was their talent. ~ Claude Rains
 * 2 Zarbon 03:42, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:51, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:35, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again. ~ Oliver Goldsmith
 * 3 Zarbon 04:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:51, 9 November 2008 (UTC) I might rank this higher, but Goldsmith was apparently not the originator of such phrasing, though his version Is one of the more famous.
 * Hey mate, I am curious, who did this originate from if not Goldsmith...I always thought it was his, regardless of it being one of the more famous versions. Zarbon 05:04, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * See the link accompanying the quote on the Oliver Goldsmith page. - InvisibleSun 22:35, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:35, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

For just experience tells; in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil. ~ Oliver Goldsmith
 * 3 Zarbon 04:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:51, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:35, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning; Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genus a better discerning. ~ Oliver Goldsmith
 * 2 Zarbon 04:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:51, 9 November 2008 (UTC) I don't rank this highly, and the exact phrasing is also disputed — there are many published variants using either genius or genus, though genius seems more appropriate.
 * 2 using "genius." - InvisibleSun 22:35, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Too fair to worship, too divine to love. ~ Henry Hart Milman
 * 2 Zarbon 04:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:51, 9 November 2008 (UTC) I might possibly rank this higher with more context.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:35, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:14, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

title: November 10


text:
December 10

December 10 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in cooperation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge, Now, therefore, The General Assembly, Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations... ~ From the Preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ~ Adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, 10 December 1948
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Tell all the Truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind — ~ Emily Dickinson (born 10 December 1830)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. ~ Elie Wiesel, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on this date in 1986.
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2007
 * If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. ~ Desmond Tutu, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on this day in 1984.
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2008
 * "Hope" is the thing with feathers — That perches in the soul — And sings the tune without the words — And never stops — at all — And sweetest — in the Gale — is heard — And sore must be the storm — That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm —  ~ Emily Dickinson ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong. ~ Theodore Roosevelt, from his Nobel prize speech, the prize was awarded to him this day on 1906
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2010
 * The history of the human race has generated several papers articulating basic moral imperatives, or fundamental principles, of human coexistence that… substantially influenced the fate of humanity on this planet. Among these historic documents, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights … holds a very special, indeed, unique position. It is the first code of ethical conduct that was not a product of one culture, or one sphere of civilization only, but a universal creation, shaped and subscribed to by representatives of all humankind. Since its very inception, the Declaration has thus represented a planetary, or global commitment, a global intention, a global guideline. For this reason alone, this exceptional document — conceived as a result of a profound human self-reflection in the wake of the horrors of World War II, and retaining its relevance ever since — deserves to be remembered today. ~ Václav Havel (quote from a speech on the 50th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, 10 December 1948)
 * proposed by Kalki
 * 2011
 * THE BLUNDER is to estimate,— “Eternity is Then,” We say, as of a station. Meanwhile he is so near, He joins me in my ramble, Divides abode with me, No friend have I that so persists As this Eternity. - Emily Dickinson
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki for Human Rights Day and the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

 * 2019

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2020

 * proposed by Jeandré du Toit

 * 2021

 * proposed by ΞΔΞ

 * 2022

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2023

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions

 * Human Rights Day is annually recognized on this date, as the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons. ~ Desmond Tutu, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on this day in 1984.
 * 3 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 18:10, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. ~ Emily Dickinson (date of birth)
 * 3 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * This is a statement that is the motto of the "The Christophers", which they state is derived from a Chinese proverb (which has sometimes been attributed to Confucius); it has also sometimes been rendered as "It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness" or "Don't curse the darkness — light a candle." It was added to the Dickinson page by an anonymous editor some time ago, but it does not seem to be commonly attributed to her, so I am removing it from there. ~ Kalki 21:02, 9 December 2005 (UTC) I might consider ranking it here, if no other quote seems quite so appropriate some year.

 * 4 if it is correctly attributed because it is one of my favorite sayings. Zarbon 16:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey, what's up with the Weasel? She's locked herself in the bathroom singing, 'On the first day of Christmas, I murdered Santa Claus.' ~ Eric Matthews from A Boy Meets World (episode with quote aired first today in 1993)
 * 1 Kalki 18:10, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 0 Zarbon 16:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 Zarbon 16:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

A Grave — is a restricted Breadth — Yet ampler than the Sun — And all the Seas He populates And lands he looks upon To Him who on its small Repose Bestows a single Friend — Circumference without Relief — Or Estimate — or End ~ Emily Dickinson
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 18:53, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

More than the Grave is closed to me — The Grave and that Eternity To which the Grave adheres — I cling to nowhere till I fall — The Crash of nothing, yet of all — How similar appears — ~ Emily Dickinson
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 18:53, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

If Aims impel these Astral Ones The ones allowed to know Know that which makes them as forgot As Dawn forgets them — now ~ Emily Dickinson
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 18:53, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

You can't get too attached to stuff. And you have to remember that people must never become possessions. People are spheres intersecting. You have to make sure that one sphere doesn't ever take over the other. Individuality is absolutely the most important thing. ~ Brian Molko
 * 2 Zarbon 05:27, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:26, 8 December 2008 (UTC) (but a page should be created for the author before this is ever used)

GLEE! the great storm is over! Four have recovered the land; Forty gone down together Into the boiling sand. Ring, for the scant salvation! Toll, for the bonnie souls,— Neighbor and friend and bridegroom, Spinning upon the shoals! How they will tell the shipwreck When winter shakes the door, Till the children ask, “But the forty? Did they come back no more?” Then a silence suffuses the story,	 And a softness the teller’s eye; And the children no further question, And only the waves reply. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

IF I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain;	 If I can ease one life the aching,	 Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again,	 I shall not live in vain. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * This was already used on 7 May 2004

MUCH madness is divinest sense To a discerning eye; Much sense the starkest madness. ’T is the majority In this, as all, prevails. Assent, and you are sane; Demur,—you ’re straightway dangerous, And handled with a chain. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3.5 and very strong lean toward 4. - Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

I NEVER hear the word “escape” Without a quicker blood, A sudden expectation, A flying attitude. I never hear of prisons broad By soldiers battered down, But I tug childish at my bars,— Only to fail again! - Emily Dickinson
 * 4 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

SURGEONS must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the culprit,—Life! - Emily Dickinson
 * 2 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

IT tossed and tossed,— A little brig I knew,— O’ertook by blast, It spun and spun, And groped delirious, for morn. It slipped and slipped, As one that drunken stepped; Its white foot tripped, Then dropped from sight. Ah, brig, good-night To crew and you; The ocean’s heart too smooth, too blue,	 To break for you. - Emily Dickinson
 * 2 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

MINE enemy is growing old,— I have at last revenge. The palate of the hate departs;	 If any would avenge,— Let him be quick, the viand flits, It is a faded meat. Anger as soon as fed is dead; ’T is starving makes it fat. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 and lean toward 4. Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

DROWNING is not so pitiful As the attempt to rise. Three times, ’t is said, a sinking man Comes up to face the skies, And then declines forever To that abhorred abode Where hope and he part company,—	 For he is grasped of God. The Maker’s cordial visage, However good to see, Is shunned, we must admit it, Like an adversity. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

UPON the gallows hung a wretch, Too sullied for the hell	 To which the law entitled him. As nature’s curtain fell The one who bore him tottered in, For this was woman’s son. “’T was all I had,” she stricken gasped; Oh, what a livid boon! - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 and very strong lean toward 4. - Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

FATE slew him, but he did not drop; She felled—he did not fall— Impaled him on her fiercest stakes— He neutralized them all. She stung him, sapped his firm advance, But, when her worst was done, And he, unmoved, regarded her, Acknowledged him a man. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

IT might be easier To fail with land in sight, Than gain my blue peninsula To perish of delight. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

HOW happy is the little stone	 That rambles in the road alone, And does n’t care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental brown A passing universe put on;	 And independent as the sun, Associates or glows alone, Fulfilling absolute decree In casual simplicity. - Emily Dickinson
 * 2 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

NEW feet within my garden go, New fingers stir the sod; A troubadour upon the elm Betrays the solitude. New children play upon the green, New weary sleep below; And still the pensive spring returns, And still the punctual snow! - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

THE PEDIGREE of honey Does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

THE GRASS so little has to do,— A sphere of simple green, With only butterflies to brood, And bees to entertain, And stir all day to pretty tunes The breezes fetch along, And hold the sunshine in its lap And bow to everything;  And thread the dews all night, like pearls, And make itself so fine,- A duchess were too common For such a noticing. And even when it dies, to pass In odors so divine, As lowly spices gone to sleep, Or amulets of pine. And then to dwell in sovereign barns, And dream the days away,— The grass so little has to do, I wish I were a hay! - Emily Dickinson
 * 2 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

PRESENTIMENT is that long shadow on the lawn Indicative that suns go down; The notice to the startled grass That darkness is about to pass. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

IT makes no difference abroad, The seasons fit the same,	 The mornings blossom into noons, And split their pods of flame. Wild-flowers kindle in the woods, The brooks brag all the day; No blackbird bates his jargoning For passing Calvary. Auto-da-fé and judgment Are nothing to the bee; His separation from his rose To him seems misery. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

THERE is a word Which bears a sword Can pierce an armed man. It hurls its barbed syllables,— At once is mute again. But where it fell The saved will tell On patriotic day, Some epauletted brother Gave his breath away. Wherever runs the breathless sun, Wherever roams the day, There is its noiseless onset, There is its victory! Behold the keenest marksman! The most accomplished shot! Time’s sublimest target Is a soul “forgot”! - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

HEART, we will forget him! You and I, to-night! You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light. When you have done, pray tell me, That I my thoughts may dim; Haste! lest while you’re lagging, I may remember him! - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

I NEVER saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, And what a wave must be. I never spoke with God,	 Nor visited in heaven; Yet certain am I of the spot As if the chart were given. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 and lean toward 4. Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.

I REASON, earth is short, And anguish absolute. And many hurt; But what of that? I reason, we could die: The best vitality Cannot excel decay; But what of that? I reason that in heaven Somehow, it will be even, Some new equation given; But what of that? - Emily Dickinson
 * 2 and lean toward 3. Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

NO rack can torture me, My soul ’s at liberty. Behind this mortal bone There knits a bolder one You cannot prick with saw, Nor rend with scymitar. Two bodies therefore be; Bind one, and one will flee. The eagle of his nest No easier divest And gain the sky, Than mayest thou, Except thyself may be Thine enemy; Captivity is consciousness, So’s liberty. - Emily Dickinson
 * 2 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

A DEATH-BLOW is a life-blow to some Who, till they died, did not alive become; Who, had they lived, had died, but when They died, vitality begun. - Emily Dickinson
 * 2 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

OUR journey had advanced; Our feet were almost come To that odd fork in Being’s road, Eternity by term. Our pace took sudden awe, Our feet reluctant led. Before were cities, but between, The forest of the dead. Retreat was out of hope,— Behind, a sealed route, Eternity’s white flag before, And God at every gate. - Emily Dickinson
 * 2 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

THAT such have died enables us The tranquiller to die; That such have lived, certificate For immortality. - Emily Dickinson
 * 2 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

THE DISTANCE that the dead have gone Does not at first appear; Their coming back seems possible For many an ardent year. And then, that we have followed them We more than half suspect, So intimate have we become With their dear retrospect. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

BLESS God, he went as soldiers, His musket on his breast; Grant, God, he charge the bravest Of all the martial blest. Please God, might I behold him In epauletted white, I should not fear the foe then, I should not fear the fight. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

IMMORTAL is an ample word When what we need is by, But when it leaves us for a time, ’T is a necessity. Of heaven above the firmest proof We fundamental know, Except for its marauding hand, It had been heaven below. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

SO proud she was to die It made us all ashamed That what we cherished, so unknown To her desire seemed. So satisfied to go Where none of us should be, Immediately, that anguish stooped Almost to jealousy. - Emily Dickinson
 * 2 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

FAME is a fickle food	 Upon a shifting plate, Whose table once a Guest, but not The second time, is set. Whose crumbs the crows inspect, And with ironic caw Flap past it to the Farmer’s corn; Men eat of it and die. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 and strong lean toward 4. Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

THERE is a solitude of space, A solitude of sea, A solitude of death, but these Society shall be, Compared with that profounder site, That polar privacy, A Soul admitted to Itself: Finite Infinity. - Emily Dickinson
 * 2 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

NATURE is what we see, The Hill, the Afternoon—	 Squirrel, Eclipse, the Bumble-bee,	 Nay—Nature is Heaven. Nature is what we hear,	 The Bobolink, the Sea— Thunder, the Cricket—	 Nay,—Nature is Harmony. Nature is what we know But have no art to say, So impotent our wisdom is To Her simplicity. - Emily Dickinson
 * 2 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC) but would trim it to the last stanza, which I might rank a 3 or 4 eventually.

SOME Days retired from the rest In soft distinction lie,	 The Day that a companion came— Or was obliged to die. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

THE SWEETS of Pillage can be known To no one but the Thief, Compassion for Integrity Is his divinest Grief. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

THE FACE we choose to miss, Be it but for a day— As absent as a hundred years When it has rode away. - Emily Dickinson
 * 3 Zarbon 20:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki (talk · contributions) 13:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs) 04:54, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

title: December 10


text:
January 11

January 11 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2005
 * If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world. ~ Joseph Addison
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. ~ Alexander Hamilton (born 11 January 1755)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Has it been found that bodies of men act with more rectitude or greater disinterestedness than individuals? The contrary of this has been inferred by all accurate observers of the conduct of mankind; and the inference is founded upon obvious reasons. Regard to reputation has a less active influence, when the infamy of a bad action is to be divided among a number than when it is to fall singly upon one. A spirit of faction, which is apt to mingle its poison in the deliberations of all bodies of men, will often hurry the persons of whom they are composed into improprieties and excesses, for which they would blush in a private capacity. ~ Alexander Hamilton
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * I do indeed disbelieve that we or any other mortal men can attain on a given day to absolutely incorrigible and unimprovable truth about such matters of fact as those with which religions deal. But I reject this dogmatic ideal not out of a perverse delight in intellectual instability. I am no lover of disorder and doubt as such. Rather do I fear to lose truth by this pretension to possess it already wholly. ~ William James (born 11 January 1842)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. ~ William James
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * I should esteem it the extreme of imprudence to prolong the precarious state of our national affairs, and to expose the union to the jeopardy of successive experiments, in the chimerical pursuit of a perfect plan. I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man. The result of the deliberations of all collective bodies must necessarily be a compound as well of the errors and prejudices, as of the good sense and wisdom of the individuals of whom they are composed. ~ Alexander Hamilton
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2011
 * We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers. ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2012
 * When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. ~ Alexander Hamilton
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2013

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki; significant statement of a past US President on current issues and recent major events.

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint. ~ Alexander Hamilton (day of Birth)
 * Potus23 00:18, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:53, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 05:24, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 because a system of checking upon man's excesses is important. The institution of government should therefore rectify and prevent the damage of justice, furthermore constraining those who are intent on harming the government, its ideals, or being governed by their own principles not dictated by the sanctions of law. Zarbon 18:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2

Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdain — under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core. ~ William James (born 11 January 1842)
 * 3 Kalki 23:27, 9 January 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 05:24, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 18:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. ~ William James (born 11 January 1842)
 * 3 Kalki 23:27, 9 January 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 05:24, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 18:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The normal process of life contains moments as bad as any of those which insane melancholy is filled with, moments in which radical evil gets its innings and takes its solid turn. The lunatic's visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact. ~ William James
 * 4 InvisibleSun 05:24, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 19:19, 10 January 2014 (UTC) 3 Kalki 14:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 18:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Man's chief difference from the brutes lies in the exuberant excess of his subjective propensities — his preeminence over them simply and solely in the number and in the fantastic and unnecessary character of his wants, physical, moral, aesthetic, and intellectual. Had his whole life not been a quest for the superfluous, he would never have established himself as inexpugnably as he has done in the necessary. ~ William James
 * 3 InvisibleSun 05:24, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 18:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Away with all cars, they are the devil's work! ~ Kudno Mojesic. He was arrested in the street outside his Belgrade home attacking cars with an axe. Sunday Mirror, London UK: 11TH January 1976.
 * 4 ds238 03:46, 9 June 2008 (PST)
 * 0 Zarbon 06:19, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 Kalki 14:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC) obscure statement by an obscure author. I might rank it a 1 if a page for the author could be justified, but I see no strong reason for one, nor for this quote as a quote of the day.

There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. It demands the same skill, devotion, insight, and even inspiration as the discovery of the simple physical laws which underlie the complex phenomena of nature. ~ C. A. R. Hoare (date of birth)
 * 4 Ningauble 17:20, 29 October 2008 (UTC) (I would also approve using this without the final sentence.)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:19, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC) but might eventually rank it a 3
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:45, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

As for myself, my course is clear. A British subject I was born — a British subject I will die. ~ John A. Macdonald
 * 3 Zarbon 06:19, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 14:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC) not much real context to the statement, as it is stated.
 * 1 InvisibleSun 21:45, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Man is a messenger who forgot the message. ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
 * 3 Zarbon 06:19, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 14:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 3

I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be. ~ Alexander Hamilton (born January 11)
 * 3 because to be frank and blatant is sometimes the best course of action. Zarbon 04:56, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 14:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4; despite the major importance of some sense of the need for things to be better, one should not shrink from confronting many forms of existing error, deficiency and stupidity for what they are, including those which primarily or relentlessly focus upon the emphasis of the undesirable aspects of things and people which do have good qualities, and can be improved.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:45, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 good but denies the aspect of faith

Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience. ~ Alexander Hamilton (born January 11)
 * 3 because without some form of punishment, there would be anarchy. Zarbon 04:56, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC) Not all use the term anarchy simply as a pejorative implying violent oppressive struggles for power. It is used in reference to such thinkers as Leo Tolstoy and others in a ways signifying far more reasonable, moderate, patient struggles for consensus and towards wisdom, and away from far too great a reliance upon the rule of power and laws born of personal or partisan will for power, in favor of those habits and customs which can be established through a far more fundamental and personally transcendent will for Truth and Grace. ~ Kalki 14:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:45, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:17, 4 June 2014 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:32, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:32, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:32, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:54, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:54, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:54, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:27, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:36, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:36, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

title: January 11


text:
February 11

February 11 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. ~ George Santayana
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision. ~ Leó Szilárd (born 11 February 1898)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * When writing about transcendental issues, be transcendentally clear. ~ René Descartes (died 11 February 1650)
 * proposed by Inhuman14

 * 2007
 * Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy, that one moron is equal to one genius, is it necessary to go a further step and hold that two morons are better than one genius? ~ Leó Szilárd (born 11 February 1898)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * In Common Sense Paine flared forth with a document so powerful that the Revolution became inevitable. Washington recognized the difference, and in his calm way said that matters never could be the same again. ~ Thomas Alva Edison (born 11 February 1847)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. ~ Thomas Edison
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * The people who have sufficient passion for the truth to give the truth a chance to prevail, if it runs counter to their bias, are in a minority. How important is this "minority?" It is difficult to say at this point, for, at the present time their influence on governmental decisions is not perceptible. ~ Leó Szilárd
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * I was sixteen years old when the first World War broke out, and I lived at that time in Hungary. From reading the newspapers in Hungary, it would have appeared that, whatever Austria and Germany did was right and whatever England, France, Russia, or America did was wrong. A good case could be made out for this general thesis, in almost every single instance. It would have been difficult for me to prove, in any single instance, that the newspapers were wrong, but somehow, it seemed to me unlikely that the two nations located in the center of Europe should be invariably right, and that all the other nations should be invariably wrong. History, I reasoned, would hardly operate in such a peculiar fashion, and it didn't take long until I began to hold views which were diametrically opposed to those held by the majority of my schoolmates. ~ Leó Szilárd (born February 11, 1898)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2012
 * I'm looking for a market for wisdom. ~ Leó Szilárd
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2016

 * proposed by Illegitimate Barrister

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of the current starting celebrations of the Chinese Year of the Dragon.

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. ~ Thomas Edison (Birth date)
 * proposed by Liquidice5
 * 1. I don't dislike this (anonymously submitted) quote; but it appears on the Edison page as one variant among several in the Unsourced section. For this reason I wouldn't feel any confidence in selecting it. - InvisibleSun 17:16, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 00:16, 12 February 2008 (UTC) 2 Kalki 23:14, 10 February 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4 : ranking this a bit higher, as sourcing for it is a bit stronger now, but there are still enough variants to lack confidence in the accuracy of any.
 * 2. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 23:24, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 because this may be true, since only through trial and tribulation do people discover things. It also emphasizes the human will to go on, very nice quote. Zarbon 22:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. ~ Thomas Edison
 * 3 Kalki 23:29, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:25, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 05:16, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Nonviolence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. ~ Thomas Edison
 * 0 Kalki (talk · contributions) 20:11, 4 February 2011 (UTC) Though I had a strong preference to use this, I cannot locate any source prior to a 1985 work which cites an 1890 Harper's Magazine — and I can find no sign of such in Google book searches, nor anything prior to 1985. 4 Kalki (talk · contributions) 05:33, 3 February 2011 (UTC) 3 Kalki 23:29, 8 February 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:25, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 although Edison may be somewhat right, savagery still exists in human impulses and perhaps, always will. - Zarbon 05:16, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Science is progressing at such a rapid rate that when you make a prediction and think you are ahead of your time by 100 years you may be ahead of your time by 10 at most. ~ Leó Szilárd
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 17:05, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

title: February 11


text:
March 11

March 11 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed. That can make life a garden. ~ Goethe
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. ~ Douglas Adams (born 11 March 1950)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. ~ Douglas Adams (born 11 March 1950)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men of simple ways too, have it in some form and in some degree. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. If we abandon that mission under stress we shall abandon it forever, for stress will not cease. Knowledge for the sake of understanding, not merely to prevail, that is the essence of our being. None can define its limits, or set its ultimate boundaries. ~ Vannevar Bush
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability; and something is bound to come of it. ~ Vannevar Bush
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others. ~ Douglas Adams
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * Perhaps if only once you did enjoy The thousandth part of all the happiness A heart beloved enjoys, returning love, Repentant, you would surely sighing say, "All time is truly lost and gone Which is not spent in serving love." ~ Torquato Tasso ~
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2011
 * I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day. ~ Douglas Adams
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2012
 * We are not an endangered species ourselves yet, but this is not for lack of trying. ~ Douglas Adams
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2013

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2014
 * proposed by bystander

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2018

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by DanielTom

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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

 * used 25 May 2017, proposed by Kalki for Towel Day 2017 — which fell on a Thursday that year.

Suggestions
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? ~Douglas Adams
 * 3 not every quote needs to be paraphrased Lyle 15:26, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 19:21, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 08:08, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 20:01, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Ningauble 22:44, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

You can be in the public eye all the time and still have a private life, but the important thing is to keep in touch with the people who put you there. ~ John Barrowman
 * 2 Zarbon 04:42, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:27, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Ningauble 22:44, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

The pioneer spirit is still vigorous within this nation. Science offers a largely unexplored hinterland for the pioneer who has the tools for his task. The rewards of such exploration both for the Nation and the individual are great. Scientific progress is one essential key to our security as a nation, to our better health, to more jobs, to higher standard of living, and to our cultural progress. ~ Vannevar Bush
 * 3 bystander (talk) 09:42, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 09:21, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 08:21, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 08:21, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

 * 4 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:30, 11 March 2024 (UTC) 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 08:21, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 08:21, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

title: March 11


text:
April 11

April 11 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. ~ Yeshua of Galilee (Jesus Christ) (Easter Sunday 2004)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Our institutions were not devised to bring about uniformity of opinion; if they had we might well abandon hope. It is important to remember, as has well been said, 'the essential characteristic of true liberty is that under its shelter many different types of life and character and opinion and belief can develop unmolested and unobstructed'. ~ Charles Evans Hughes (born 11 April 1862)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood. The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others. ~ Leo Rosten (born 11 April 1908)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them. ~ Leo Rosten (born 11 April 1908)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. ~ Charles Evans Hughes
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * No greater mistake can be made than to think that our institutions are fixed or may not be changed for the worse. … Increasing prosperity tends to breed indifference and to corrupt moral soundness. Glaring inequalities in condition create discontent and strain the democratic relation. The vicious are the willing, and the ignorant are unconscious instruments of political artifice. Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. .. The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope! ~ Charles Evans Hughes
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * The only real progress to abiding peace is found in the friendly disposition of peoples and … facilities for maintaining peace are useful only to the extent that this friendly disposition exists and finds expression. War is not only possible, but probable, where mistrust and hatred and desire for revenge are the dominant motives. Our first duty is at home with our own opinion, by education and unceasing effort to bring to naught the mischievous exhortation of chauvinists; our next is to aid in every practicable way in promoting a better feeling among peoples, the healing of wounds, and the just settlement of differences. ~ Charles Evans Hughes
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2011
 * I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. ~ Leo Rosten
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * History is merely a list of surprises. … It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. Please write that down. ~ Kurt Vonnegut with a lean toward 4.
 * 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 Zarbon

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to the release of the first direct photograph of a Black Hole.

 * 2020

 * proposed by SuperJew

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC) -->

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks regarding the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

 * 2023

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2024

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

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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

 * I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced that they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another. ~ Ellen Goodman
 * used 11 December 2004, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
If I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, "Kurt is up in heaven now." That's my favorite joke. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
 * 3 Kalki 21:33, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 23:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

So it goes. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
 * 3 Kalki 21:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 2. Somewhat short. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 22:26, 13 April 2007 (UTC) -->
 * 1 Zarbon 23:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

So Billy experiences death for a while. It is simply violet light and a hum. There isn't anybody else there. Not even Billy Pilgrim is there. ~ Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five

 * 2 InvisibleSun 05:03, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 23:45, 22 April 2008
 * 2 Kalki 15:04, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. ~ Susan Ertz
 * 2 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Farewell the hope that mocked, farewell despair That went before me still and made the pace. The earth is full of graves, and mine was there Before my life began; my resting-place. ~ John Davidson
 * 4 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

My feet are heavy now but on I go, My head erect beneath the tragic years. ~ John Davidson
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Unwilling friend, let not your spite abate; Help me with scorn, and strengthen me with hate. ~ John Davidson
 * 3 and strong lean toward 4. Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Seraphs and saints with one great voice Welcomed that soul that knew not fear. Amazed to find it could rejoice, Hell raised a hoarse, half-human cheer. ~ John Davidson
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:22, 9 April 2010 (UTC), though possibly extending it to read:
 * Across the weltering deep she ran; A stranger thing was never seen: The damned stood silent to a man; They saw the great gulf set between. To her it seemed a meadow fair; And flowers sprang up about her feet She entered heaven; she climbed the stair And knelt down at the mercy-seat. Seraphs and saints with one great voice Welcomed that soul that knew not fear. Amazed to find it could rejoice, Hell raised a hoarse, half-human cheer. ~ John Davidson

 * 3 for either version. - InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him. ~ Anton LaVey
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

No hoary falsehood shall be a truth to me; no stifling dogma shall encramp my pen! ~ Anton LaVey
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

The devils of past religions have always, at least in part, had animal characteristics, evidence of man's constant need to deny that he too is an animal, for to do so would serve a mighty blow to his impoverished ego. ~ Anton LaVey
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can. If you love everyone and everything you lose your natural powers of selection and wind up being a pretty poor judge of character and quality. If anything is used too freely it loses its true meaning. Therefore, the Satanist believes you should love strongly and completely those who deserve your love, but never turn the other cheek to your enemy! ~ Anton LaVey
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

When a person, by his reprehensible behavior, practically cries out to be destroyed, it is truly your moral obligation to indulge them their wish. ~ Anton LaVey
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

There are many who would take my time. I shun them. There are some who share my time. I am entertained by them. There are precious few who contribute to my time. I cherish them. ~ Anton LaVey
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3 or eventual 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Man prides himself on being the only animal who can modify his nature, yet when he chooses to do so he is called a phony. ~ Anton LaVey
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty. ~ Charles Evans Hughes
 * 2 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a VERY strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

At the constitutional level where we work, ninety percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections. ~ Charles Evans Hughes
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Great powers agreeing among themselves may indeed hold small powers in check. But who will hold great powers in check when great powers disagree? ~ Charles Evans Hughes
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Nobody can be forced to commit an act of villainy. You can't push anybody into the mud; people always step into it themselves. No matter what the circumstances of life are, there are no justifications and there never will be any. But people look for justifications and they find them. All people have been taught to do that, and they've all proved diligent pupils. ~ Sergei Lukyanenko
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3, save for the last sentence: not all people are diligent pupils of the paths of villainy.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth. ~ George Canning
 * 2 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, Bold I can meet,—perhaps may turn his blow! But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save, save, oh save me from the candid friend! ~ George Canning
 * 2 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of. ~ Ellen Goodman
 * 2 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need. ~ Ellen Goodman
 * 3 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

When I am dead, no pageant train Shall waste their sorrows at my bier, Nor worthless pomp of homage vain Stain it with hypocritic tear. ~ Edward Everett
 * 3 and a strong lean toward 4. Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

"The whole earth," said Pericles, as he stood over the remains of his fellow-citizens, who had fallen in the first year of the Peloponnesian War, — "the whole earth is the sepulchre of illustrious men." All time, he might have added, is the millennium of their glory. Surely I would do no injustice to the other noble achievements of the war, which have reflected such honor on both arms of the service, and have entitled the armies and the navy of the United States, their officers and men, to the warmest thanks and the richest rewards which a grateful people can pay. But they, I am sure, will join us in saying, as we bid farewell to the dust of these martyr-heroes, that wheresoever throughout the civilized world the accounts of this great warfare are read, and down to the latest period of recorded time, in the glorious annals of our common country there will be no brighter page than that which relates the Battles of Gettysburg. ~ Edward Everett
 * 2 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) (though this might be better for 3 July the day on which the battle ended.)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

The great object of all knowledge is to enlarge and purify the soul, to fill the mind with noble contemplations, to furnish a refined pleasure, and to lead our feeble reason from the works of nature up to its great Author and Sustainer. Considering this as the ultimate end of science, no branch of it can surely claim precedence of Astronomy. No other science furnishes such a palpable embodiment of the abstractions which lie at the foundation of our intellectual system; the great ideas of time, and space, and extension, and magnitude, and number, and motion, and power. How grand the conception of the ages on ages required for several of the secular equations of the solar system; of distances from which the light of a fixed star would not reach us in twenty millions of years, of magnitudes compared with which the earth is but a foot-ball; of starry hosts—suns like our own—numberless as the sands on the shore; of worlds and systems shooting through the infinite spaces. ~ Edward Everett
 * 2 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise those of the recruiting sergeant. ~ Edward Everett
 * 2 Zarbon 05:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) But a 3 if trimmed to the first sentence.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity. ~Albert Einstein
 * 3 It's the day he announced his Theory of relativity SuperJew 18:31, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean to 3 or perhaps an eventual 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 00:06, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it. ~Primo Levi
 * 4 It's his death date SuperJew 18:31, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 00:06, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
 * 3 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Zarbon 00:06, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in the kingdom of the blind. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
 * 3 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 00:06, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

You were sick, but now you're well again, and there's work to do. ~ Kurt Vonnegut in Timequake
 * 3 Kalki 19:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward an eventual 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 00:06, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm trying to be a professional singer. … I've never been given the chance before. But here's hoping it'll change. ~ Susan Boyle (made her famous appearance on Britain's Got Talent 11 April 2009)
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 10:37, 29 November 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4

title: April 11