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December 5

December 5 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * To be a catalyst is the ambition most appropriate for those who see the world as being in constant change, and who, without thinking that they can control it, wish to influence its direction. ~ Theodore Zeldin
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse. ~ Walt Disney (born 5 December 1901)
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2006
 * What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning. ~ Werner Heisenberg (born 5 December 1901)
 * proposed by Fys

 * 2007
 * Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown judgement, wisdom, personal appeal, and proven competence. ~ Walt Disney
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2008
 * Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time. ~ Walt Disney
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009 :
 * Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not blind faith, moves me. My operations are based on experience, thoughtful observation and warm fellowship with my neighbors at home and around the world. ~ Walt Disney
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Whenever we proceed from the known into the unknown we may hope to understand, but we may have to learn at the same time a new meaning of the word "understanding." ~ Werner Heisenberg
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave. That is why I believe that this frightfulness we see everywhere today is only temporary. Tomorrow will be better for as long as America keeps alive the ideals of freedom and a better life. ~ Walt Disney
 * 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 Kalki

 * 2018
 * proposed by Kalki, for the 2018 national day of mourning for the 41st US President.

 * 2019

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2020

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Some things are so serious that one can only joke about them. ~ Werner Heisenberg.
 * 4. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 22:13, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 0 (for this date) Kalki 01:22, 29 November 2008 (UTC) This appears to be a misattribution, with at least one published citation indicating it was made by Niels Bohr; I would probably give it a 3 or 4 with better sourcing on a properly related date.
 * 1 Zarbon 15:38, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Lyle 21:00, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Girls bored me — they still do. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known. ~ Walt Disney
 * 2 because this quote is just plain...comical. I believe what he meant to say is that the image of Mickey Mouse entertained him moreso. But I like the comparison of a cartoon character to all females of the planet. We can see Disney's perspective is a cute one, assessing the difficulty women have most likely posed for him in his life, annoying him...and probably boring him as he stated. Zarbon 04:25, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 01:22, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Ningauble 18:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Lyle 21:00, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:54, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 23:13, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

For every laugh, there should be a tear. ~ Walt Disney
 * 2 because laughter is all fine and good, but a drama and tragedy does so much more...for me at least. Zarbon 04:25, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:22, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Ningauble 18:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Lyle 21:00, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:54, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 23:13, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat. ~ Józef Piłsudski (born December 5)
 * 4 because this is the ideology which I believe in most of all. This is the grand soldier principle, more important than petty squabbles and emotional derelict conversation. There is, quite frankly, a beauty in defeat without submission. But to be a slave to another country willingly is a fate worse than death. This is why some of the greatest rulers in history committed suicide before being captured by their enemies. Magnificent charm in never surrendering to the enemy, taking one's own life in order to be spared the wrath of the enemy. This is most commonly referenced in the Roman Emperor deaths, whom cut their own veins while laying in the bathtub in order to escape the clutches of the oncoming enemy. The same can be said of previous and future military minds that I hold respect for, for sheer honor and admiration comes from the ferocity of this, to choose to die by one's own hand instead of face the enemy knocking on heaven's door. What a charming quote this is. Zarbon 05:52, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki (talk · contributions) 18:55, 2 December 2009 (UTC) * 2 Kalki 01:22, 29 November 2008 (UTC) though I do like this quote (though not what appears to me to be Zarbon's rather shallow perceptions of its significance), but am making a tactical reduction of my ranking to the advantage of one I favor far more strongly, by Walt Disney.
 * 2 Ningauble 18:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 I like the quote, but I do not see it the way you do. To me, suicide is submission, or acceptance of defeat. Fighting till the end is victorious. Lyle 21:00, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:54, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 23:13, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. ~ Walt Disney
 * 3 Kalki 23:23, 3 December 2008 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 00:09, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Ningauble 18:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 This is too much like the famous "If you can dream it, you can do it." Lyle 21:00, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:54, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 23:13, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

title: December 5


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January 6

January 6 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * All of humanity is in peril of extinction if each one of us does not dare, now and henceforth, always to tell only the truth, and all the truth, and to do so promptly — right now. ~ Buckminster Fuller
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * I know the biggest crime is just to throw up your hands and say "This has nothing to do with me, I just want to live as comfortably as I can." ~ Ani DiFranco
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * In the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression — everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way — everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want... everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear... anywhere in the world. That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. ~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 * proposed by UDScott — from FDR's 8th State of the Union address, also known as the "Four Freedoms" speech (delivered 6 January 1941)

 * 2007
 * History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth. ~ E.L. Doctorow (born 6 January 1931)
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2008
 * Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. ~ Khalil Gibran (born 6 January 1883)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. ~ Khalil Gibran
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but what he aspires to. ~ Khalil Gibran
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2011
 * Your thought advocates fame and show. Mine counsels me and implores me to cast aside notoriety and treat it like a grain of sand cast upon the shore of eternity. Your thought instills in your heart arrogance and superiority. Mine plants within me love for peace and the desire for independence. Your thought begets dreams of palaces with furniture of sandalwood studded with jewels, and beds made of twisted silk threads. My thought speaks softly in my ears, "Be clean in body and spirit even if you have nowhere to lay your head." Your thought makes you aspire to titles and offices. Mine exhorts me to humble service. ~ Khalil Gibran
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * Faith lived in the incognito is one which is located outside the criticism coming from society, from politics, from history, for the very reason that it has itself the vocation to be a source of criticism. It is faith (lived in the incognito) which triggers the issues for the others, which causes everything seemingly established to be placed in doubt, which drives a wedge into the world of false assurances. ~ Jacques Ellul
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 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, as significant remarks on investigations into major events of last year upon this date.

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of the anniversary of the events at the US Capitol building in 2021, and of these comments about them.

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki; remarks on the 6 January 2021 storming of the US capitol building to disrupt US congressional electoral processes.

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Traditional date for celebrating the Epiphany or Theophany of Jesus
 * DOB: E. L. Doctorow · Jacques Ellul · Khalil Gibran · Carl Sandburg · Alan Watts

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining ...researching ...talking to people about what you’re doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing. ~ E. L. Doctorow
 * 3 because planning to do something and actually doing it are two different things. Zarbon 04:53, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:15, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

When all is said and done, usually more is said than done. ~ Lou Holtz
 * 3 Zarbon 07:06, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Triviaa 04:28, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Drum on your drums, batter on your banjos, sob on the long cool winding saxophones. Go to it, O jazzmen. ~ Carl Sandburg
 * 2 Zarbon 07:06, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:15, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion. ~ Alan Watts
 * 3 Zarbon 07:06, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Triviaa 04:28, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

The most strongly enforced of all known taboos is the taboo against knowing who or what you really are behind the mask of your apparently separate, independent, and isolated ego. ~ Alan Watts
 * 3 Kalki 00:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 14:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 03:10, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow and despair, for it is man's purpose to be happy on this earth and lead the way to felicity and preach its gospel wherever he goes. He who does not see the kingdom of heaven in this life will never see it in the coming life. ~ Khalil Gibran
 * 3 Kalki 00:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC) with a VERY strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 14:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. ~ Khalil Gibran
 * 3 Kalki 00:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 14:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

The mind weighs and measures but it is the spirit that reaches the heart of life and embraces the secret; and the seed of the spirit is deathless. The wind may blow and then cease, and the sea shall swell and then weary, but the heart of life is a sphere quiet and serene, and the star that shines therein is fixed for evermore. ~ Khalil Gibran
 * 3 Kalki 00:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 14:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I describe a world with no exit, convinced that God accompanies man throughout his history. ~ Jacques Ellul
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 20:02, 9 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve. ~ Jacques Ellul
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 20:19, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

The writer isn’t made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century. ~ E. L. Doctorow
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 07:29, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go. ~ E. L. Doctorow
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 07:29, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there’s only narrative. ~ E. L. Doctorow
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 07:29, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

The ugly fallout from the American Dream has been coming down on us at a pretty consistent rate since Sitting Bull's time — and the only real difference now, with Election Day '72 only a few weeks away, is that we seem to be on the verge of ratifying the fallout and forgetting the Dream itself. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
 * No particular reason for suggesting this quote, other than Thompson is my favorite writer and Jan 6th is my birthday. Feel free to ignore it on that basis. - 20:45, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:01, 16 May 2011 (UTC) though this or other quotes of Thompson suggested on his birthdate of 18 July might receive higher rankings there.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:52, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:52, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:52, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:52, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:52, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:52, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:52, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs) 00:47, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:17, 6 January 2024 (UTC); with a lean toward 4.

 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs) 00:47, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:17, 6 January 2024 (UTC); with a lean toward 4.

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title: January 6


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February 6

February 6 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty, and leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things. ~ Isaac Newton
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005, 2006
 * You and I are told increasingly that we have to choose between a left or right, but I would like to suggest that there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down — up to a man's age-old dream; the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order — or down to the ant heap totalitarianism, and regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course. ~ Ronald Reagan (born 6 February 1911)
 * selected by Kalki (who erroneously selected it for both 2005 and 2006 because of a failure to check the existing records)

 * 2007
 * I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can. ~ Babe Ruth (born 6 February 1895)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing. So, with all the creative energy at our command, let us begin an era of national renewal. Let us renew our determination, our courage, and our strength. And let us renew our faith and our hope. We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. ~ Ronald Reagan
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * One love, One heart, Let's get together And feel alright. ~ Bob Marley ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same... ~ Ronald Reagan
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * I believe with all my heart that our first priority must be world peace, and that use of force is always and only a last resort, when everything else has failed, and then only with regard to our national security. ~ Ronald Reagan
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. ~ Babe Ruth
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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

 * History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. ~ Ronald Reagan
 * Used 10 June 2004, selected by Kalki

 * Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty’s lamp guiding your steps and opportunity’s arm steadying your way. ~ Ronald Reagan
 * Used 11 June 2004, selected by Kalki

Suggestions

 * DOB: Aaron Burr · Bob Marley · Gerard K. O'Neill · Ronald Reagan · Babe Ruth

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure and pleasure my business. ~ Aaron Burr (born February 6)
 * 3 because enrichment of one's daily routine requires one to work when unnecessary and relax when work is being done. Sometimes, the shift in vice versa balances a stabilized regime. Zarbon 04:43, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 4 February 2017 (UTC) but with a lean towards 1, though with a possibility of leaning toward 3, or more, sometime in the future, if it can be sufficiently very clearly presented in a humorous context.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 4 February 2017 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 4 February 2017 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 4 February 2017 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

title: February 6


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March 6

March 6 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven. ~ John Milton
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God: but only he who sees, takes off his shoes, the rest sit round it, and pluck blackberries, and daub their natural faces unaware... ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning (born 6 March 1806)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Give thought to life and liberty. ~ Cyrano de Bergerac (born 6 March 1619)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * For all eternity has God not occupied His intellect with the cabbage's birth as well as yours? It also seems that He has necessarily provided more for the birth of the vegetable than for the thinking being... Will anyone say that we are born in the image of the Sovereign Being, while cabbages are not? ~ Cyrano de Bergerac
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * You imagine that what you can't understand is either spiritual or does not exist. The conclusion is quite wrong; rather there are obviously a million things in the universe that we would need a million quite different organs to understand … someone blind from birth cannot imagine the beauty of a landscape, the colors of a painting or the shadings of an iris. He will imagine them as something palpable, edible, audible or olfactory. Likewise, if I were to explain to you what I perceive by the senses you do not have, you would interpret it as something that could be heard, seen, touched, smelled or tasted; but it is not like that. ~ Cyrano de Bergerac
 * proposed by Kalki

Who watches the Watchmen? ~ Juvenal ~ (release date of the Watchmen film)
 * 2009
 * Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
 * proposed by Kalki <!--

 * 4 Kalki 15:33, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 19:17, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I actually am curious as to what rationale you rank what I believe is the single most famous and striking quote of the great satirist Juvenal (whose birth and death dates are both unknown), which is here perfectly appropriate for a unique event (the opening of the movie adaptation of Alan Moore's ground-breaking, critically acclaimed, Hugo award winning work Watchmen), "unnaceptable"' as a Quote of the Day? It is not like this rather low-profile non-profit project is actually providing this movie (or any other that comes along) any significant benefit at all by such a selection, relative to the massive commercial engines behind the movie, but we might possibly benefit slightly by attracting the interest of a few fans of the books and film our way by using it. This was also one of my own and many other people's favorite quotes long before Moore ever dreamed up the work which TIME magazine hails as one of "the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present" and though I might possibly find use for it on some other date, I simply cannot think of any day in all of Eternity better to actually use it than on this one. I consider it absolutely, hands down, without a doubt, the coolest possible quote to use for this date. ~ Kalki 23:23, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I am not judging Watchmen nor your liking for it, or your knowledge of it. To me, Dragon Ball is the best series; but you won't see me bringing it up as a good quote of the day. Also, "who watches the watchmen" doesn't seem like something thought-provoking. That's why I can't judge it highly. If you were to inspect the dialogue of the movie, I'm sure you could find something more notable that I might be compelled to rank a 1 or a 2. Movies are a harder medium in that they have less compelling quotations, and if I were to rank something highly, it would require my actual loving it. For example, the only quotes I submitted from movies as suggestions are by Two-Face from Dark Knight and/or Sidious/Maul from Star Wars. In both cases, I'm sure you will rate most if not all of my movie-dom selections low based on your train of thought. But why would I rate highly a basic none-thought provocative saying as "who watches the watchmen"… - Zarbon 02:31, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * If you follow the links for Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? you will find that it has long been considered one of the most thought provoking questions of history, in various aspects. I learned of it as a very young child, and found it a very profoundly cautionary question, and continue to do so. I believe there is nothing else by Juvenal, and very few things by most other authors quite so notable as this simple query. ~ Kalki 02:42, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I suggested a few other nice quotes for the day (as most days). But I still don't feel a surge of energy inside to give this one a rating of 1. And even if I were a die-hard fan of either Juvenal or "Watchmen" overall, I don't think I would give it a rating higher than 0. Earlier, a suggestion was made similarly from "Calvin and Hobbes"; I'm sure you remember my reasoning as to why I felt that was a poor quotation as well. I am interested in your childhood escapades and furthermore, how this has left a lasting impression on you, my dear, but I myself don't see how your love for the series or the creator of the work makes that quote a legend. For one, it's too basic and simplistic (simple query) to be as noteworthy as you have described it. A simple query, yes. But thought-provoking; sadly not. If I were to examine Watchmen and extract something that I found extraordinarily nice, I'm sure you wouldn't like it based on the fact that it wouldn't be a slogan/tagline of the flick. - Zarbon 02:57, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

 * 4 Ningauble 14:32, 3 March 2009 (UTC) — Now is a propitious time to use this venerable formulation of a fundamental conundrum. The depth of fundamental ideas tends to be obscured by apparent simplicity, yet this quote's radical simplicity carries a notable punch.
 * 4 UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC) - Despite the arguments that have occurred regarding this quote (see above and below), two facts remain: this is a famous and thought-provoking quote and the much anticipated film is being released on this date. I cannot think of a better time to use the quote and I heartily endorse its use. This does not even imply that I like or dislike the film, but rather that I like the quote and that I think it is a good time to use it when it coincides with the film's release.
 * 4 InvisibleSun 23:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Furthermore, any of these quotes from the Watchmen series holds better meaning; query or not:

A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there's no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts. Why should I be concerned? ~ Doctor Manhattan from Watchmen
 * 3 Zarbon 03:05, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 04:34, 3 March 2009 (UTC) this is a mundane and obtuse observation if ever there was one, and I was slightly surprised Moore placed such a statement in Dr. Manhattan's mouth. Manhattan's own experiences, while leaving him somewhat fatalistic in many ways, testified heavily of the insufficiency of particle based assessments of either time, life, or Reality itself.
 * 1 UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. ~ Doctor Manhattan from Watchmen
 * 3 Zarbon 03:05, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 0 Kalki 04:34, 3 March 2009 (UTC) I already used this very profound insight on Moore's birthday, on the 18 November 2005, and any of the others might eventually be used upon that day.
 * 2 UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense. The Comedian from Watchmen
 * 3 Zarbon 03:05, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 04:34, 3 March 2009 (UTC) I like this one much, and might eventually rank it a 3 or 4 on some other day, but I don't necessarily accept or condone the type of character or comedian the Comedian became.
 * 2 UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Though all of the above suggestions are somewhat respectable, I certainly don't believe that even Alan Moore himself, who is not exactly famous for his modesty, would rank any of them as anywhere near so significant a statement as that of Juvenal, upon which he based the entire concept of the Watchmen — and the very complex interplay of various notions of what is right and best that is constantly at play throughout the work.  Juvenal has no particular date on which to reliably propose his quotes and he has actually not yet even been quoted in a QOTD, and this quote possesses exceptional merit. Though you have made good suggestions at times, and I have changed my own once strong preferences for 4 March to one you have recently suggested, your arguments of this quote's lack of interest or significance, like that of many other statements you criticize, seem rather vacuous, and your rankings, as usual, to a great extent simply contrarian. To continue to insist that this quote is not not merely one you can't happen to desire, thus meriting merely a 1 (and which seems to be your most common ranking of other people's suggestions), but rather deserves a ranking of "0" as one to be found "unacceptable" seems to me to be simply ludicrous. I and many other people can't see much merit in many of your tastes and preferences, or the cartoon series with the villain you seem to admire so much you have adopted his name as your username, but I don't rank any suggestions by you or anyone at 0 merely because they are things I don't find appealling, I rank things a 0 only when they have already been used, or possess such foul character or implications as to not to even deserve consideration as a quote of the day. ~ Kalki 04:34, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I want to make it clear that I never stated I had any strong love of Juvenal's satires — I stated the simple fact that the quote in question has long been one of the most noted political statements of history, as is strongly indicated by the fact that it actually has had a Wikipedia entry for over three years, which actually traces some of it's significance.

 * Be it foul or not, that is your opinion. Practically all the characters I love are villains in the conventional sense, so if you disqualify the notion of respecting villain characters, then you practically do away with an entire train of thought merely based on your facet of opinions; no more, no less. I only like villains. That is my dogma, as your dogma seems to be the ever-lasting unacceptance of the fact that I don't consider your favorite Watchmen query to be worth a QOTD. I don't think everyone would disagree with me, although I'm sure there would be those that do. But I also believe you should never ever, and I mean never disqualify any characters based on your own opinion; antagonists/villains are the only reason a story even makes sense. Without them, it's not even worth it, the story would not work. I proposed my favorite character quotations as QOTD, Zarbon's "Beauty is only skin deep." is one of the most enigmatic quotes of all time, it doesn't seem to matter to you how much thought provocation that quote entails, neither do you seem to care to understand it, for example. When it comes to the actual quote from Juvenal, if it was "Who shall guard the guardians?" I may have given that a rating of 2 even. - Zarbon 06:58, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Though that is one of my favorite translations, there is far less of a tie-in to the date in that form. I present nothing to anyone as dogma which simply must be accepted, but I usually try to be rational even to those with very poor capacities for reason, and use such terms as most people actually do have common and useful understandings about. I quite accept the fact that you prefer to oppose the quote, and that your behavior and arguments often seem quite incoherent and irrational on this and many other matters, I simply refuse to accept as if it were a fact that many of your arguments make any cohesive sense at all. I actually respect the need for there to be ignorance and confusion within Reality, and that these qualities, of necessity, give rise to various forms of villainy and evil. As I stated previously in other conversation with you, evil might be well defined as wanton harm or destruction such as occurs for merely personal satisfaction rather than vital needs, and I have long acknowledged that even it can still sometimes yet play a vital role: in showing many people how profoundly dangerous and stupid some forms of ignorance and confusion can be. Yet, I myself am not so ignorant and confused as to therefore either accept or approve of villainy and evil as in any way desirable or commendable, nor to accept such designations as merely opinion, nor that any opinion is as good or bad as any other. I actually do accept that the irrational and nonsensical does need to often be considered, but vigorously reject the absurd notion that all absurdities need to be given anything close to equal consideration, which would result in ranking those which are wildly incoherent, nonsensical and idiotic on an nearly equal level with those which are cogent, coherent, considerate, wise and able to be convincing to most people. ~ Kalki 15:55, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Except I don't see the version as "Who watches the Watchmen" to be coherent, wise, nor convincing of anything except your own personal love for the phrase. The rather awkward appearance of Ningauble in this case is also remarkable as he practically almost never participates alongside this process, or even when he does, rather rarely; and gives this query a 4 no less...I find that a bit hard to swallow. It also has a lot to do with your persistence. I wouldn't say that the simplicity of the selection is a bad thing, nor a negative...a detraction, if you will. It's fine. It's just that I don't see it as a good qotd. In a very short timeframe from this day, one of my favorite movie phrases is coming up (that of Two-Face from the Dark Knight; the movie itself was groundbreaking and is ranked as the 4th highest movie of all time.) I am not questioning your love for Watchmen nor your knowledge of the saga, but I do declare that it's popularity is not anywhere near that of Dark Knight nor Star Wars. And dare I say Dragon Ball. But, we aren't here to judge popularity as this isn't a popularity contest. I am hoping however that you will see it in your heart to vote kindly when it comes to other movie quotations. For example, that of Two-Face [my favorite DC character]. I don't expect you to love what I love. I merely expect you to show the same consideration and respect I try to show towards your selections. And yes, even to villains as they are an integral part of the puzzle and the fabric that binds the story together. In hindsight, maybe "0" is a bit harsh for your favorite query. I will move my vote of your Juvenal selection to a 2. If it were the "guardian" verse, I'd have given it a 3. - Zarbon 03:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

 * How dare you object to my participation!? What has persistence, or lack thereof, got to do with anything? I have indeed ceased participating daily after a brief time last year, and now seldom make suggestions or vote. I explained my reason for this when Kalki made an appeal at the Village Pump for wider participation last October–November. Still, QotD is open to everyone in the community to participate as often or as seldom as they wish. To claim or insinuate that infrequent participation per se is inherently disruptive conduct is completely inappropriate. To direct such insinuation at an individual for making an otherwise unobjectionable comment is uncivil, and I take umbrage.

 * What could you possibly find objectionable about my comment above? I only remarked that the radical (i.e. going to the root of the matter) simplicity of the quote is particularly meritorious. You are perfectly entitled to disagree with my opinion. You are entitled to do so with or without stating your reasons. You are not entitled to object to the manner of my expressing an opinion without good cause, such as irrelevance, incivility, or disruption. In objecting to my expressing an opinion at all, or even casting a vote, you go too far: this is disruptive conduct.

 * You owe me an apology for uncivilly rebuffing my participation; and you owe Kalki an apology for disrupting the forum he administers. ~ Ningauble 15:07, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't owe you an apology as I didn't say anything constituting "incivility" or "disruption". Did I use negative terminology? No. Did I attack you verbally? No. The fact that I referred to your heavy absence and sudden appearance only magnifies what I said earlier; you should be voting because you want to: not because Kalki asked you to. What do you mean how dare I? You act as if it's criminal to ask someone why they vote on a March 6 date out of nowhere and don't cast votes for the rest of the month. It's as if Kalki pulls you to vote every time he needs to sway the vote in his favor. Any person would feel the same when you'd vote a 4 for the shortest given query, perhaps without much reason. In fact, I'd say you owe me an apology for actually saying that I brought up irrelevance, incivility, or disruption. The only thing I said was that your sudden appearance leads me to believe that Kalki asks you to vote. I'm not against your voting. The fact that you only voted for that one selection and never voted for any others is proof enough that you simply did it to sway Kalki's favor. It's as if you're ganging up along with him; as a group on a bandwagon. I DID NOT question your right to vote. I repeat! DID NOT. I question your sudden decision to vote for one quote and decide not to vote for others. In essence, doing what Kalki seems to have wanted; no more, no less. - Zarbon 15:42, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I want to state flatly that at this point, I don't believe I have ever asked any specific person to vote on the QOTD, and I didn't ask Ningauble to participate in this one. Many months ago I did make a general appeal for more participants, because of what I then considered, and still consider to have been your attempts to artificially skew results your way with sock-puppets. I am not looking for apologies from any one for their honest opinions, nor looking to give them for my own, but I don't have time right now to make more than this brief comment on matters, for I will be leaving soon, and likely be gone much of the day. I do wish to simply state that I do believe that the more valid participants in the process there are, the better it is for everyone. ~ Kalki 16:22, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * How many times can I say that I don't have any sockpuppets?! It's like you are purposely trying to instigate something. Let me be clear: I ONLY OPERATE WITH ONE USERNAME AND THAT IS THIS. On the matter of more people participating, I would love that myself. I initially asked a few other people here to join the process, but they stated that they don't want to; they aren't interested, etc. - Zarbon 16:33, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

 * In reply to Zarbon: Stating that you find an opinion hard to swallow based on the person who expresses it, rather than the merits of the opinion itself, is precisely what is meant by argumentum ad hominem. It is a personal attack by definition. If you were not aware of this, please be aware of it now.

 * Your allegation that I am complicit in improper canvassing activities is entirely baseless. Such accusations of misconduct ought not be made without substantiating evidence. Merely casting an infrequent vote is not "proof enough" of any such thing. In point of fact, I was not contacted by Kalki or anyone else to solicit particular votes, or votes for particular quotes. As it happens, my attention was drawn back to QotD by noticing large edits showing up on the Recent Changes list. Observing that there was a great deal of discussion but very few votes, I decided to cast votes for a couple quotes I liked. There is nothing reproachable in this action whatsoever.

 * I happen to agree with Kalki's observation at the Village Pump several months ago that there is scarcely enough participation to reflect community consensus. It was entirely appropriate for him to invite broader community participation by posting a request on the main bulletin board. I hardly know which I regret more: that I declined his invitation, or that I still drop in occasionally and it has only resulted in noxious abuse.

 * I can understand if you choose not to apologize, and will forgive that debt if your conduct is reformed. You need not reply unless you wish to. Escalating to baseless allegations of misconduct is a step in the wrong direction. ~ Ningauble 18:11, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I believe that we are all civil in the end. I didn't mean to assert any of those things, I am in fact sorry that you may have initially gotten the wrong idea; I meant absolutely no vehement attack at your integrity nor your reasoning to your participation based on my own disbelief. the phrase "I find that a bit hard to swallow" means that I find that a bit hard to believe. I didn't incorporate any hidden messages in what I said. That is why I am glad you understood what I meant. I'm actually glad that you joined the voting process. The only dilemma I ever had (what left me in disbelief) was that I wish you would participate thorougly and rate all the suggestions for the date, hence what UDScott had done. Again, I always encourage the participation of other members. It's what I respect and it's something I've never been against. However, I would like to bring to people's attention that I am feeling rather disrespected because of how Kalki keeps accusing me of sockpuppetry. That I don't approve of and I find absolutely no reason to lie about. I worked very (and I mean very) hard in the past to clear my reputation. I would feel better to know that the people with whom I am working here are not of a negative opinion toward me. Hence, your opinion of me matters to me. To sustain my reputation as an editor and contributor matters to me equally as much as your opinion of me (along with Kalki, InvisibleSun, UDScott, etc.) In order for everyone to maintain their integrity, we need to show each other a certain respect; something I firmly believe we need to keep intact as fellow contributors. - Zarbon 23:51, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I don't feel inclined to evaluate and rank all of the suggestions, just the ones that catch my interest one way or the other. I only have so many brain cells to work with, and some of them are busy with other things. I don't see that my laziness is any reason to doubt the propriety of my contributions.

 * I have not injected questions about you, yourself, your motives or your reputation, into discussion about the quotes. What I have objected to is injecting remarks about me, myself (a subject about which all of my brain cells have an interest, so it was a strong objection), into discussion about the quotes. You see, we both want to be treated with respect. If I may hazard an aphorism, the best way to earn respect is to show respect, but don't quote me on that—I am not sufficiently notable. ~ Ningauble 01:35, 6 March 2009 (UTC) -->

 * 2010
 * A man contains all that is needed to make up a tree; likewise, a tree contains all that is needed to make up a man. Thus, finally, all things meet in all things, but we need a Prometheus to distill it. ~ Cyrano de Bergerac
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * Most men judge only by their senses and let themselves be persuaded by what they see... On top of that, insufferable vanity has convinced humans that nature has been made only for them, as though the sun, a huge body four hundred and thirty-four times as large as the earth, had been lit only to ripen our crab apples and cabbages. … Do people really think that because the sun gives us light every day and year, it was made only to keep us from bumping into walls? No, no, this visible god gives light to man by accident, as a king's torch accidentally shines upon a working man or burglar passing in the street. ~ Cyrano de Bergerac
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all. ~ Michelangelo
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2013

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki, after a suggestion by bystander

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
The key to happiness is having dreams; the key to success is making them come true. ~ James Allen
 * initially proposed on the posting page (without author) by Tara who had "read it off a 'Hallmark e-card" 11:48, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 21:24, 4 March 2006 (UTC) no clear linkage to the date, but the suggestion prompted me to do some research and create a page for James Allen.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 04:09, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

I seek no copy now of life's first half: Leave here the pages with long musing curled, And write me new my future's epigraph, New angel mine, unhoped for in the world! ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning (born March 6, 1806)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 01:38, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 04:09, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Some people think that friendliness is a sign of weakness, when in reality it is a sign of strength. ~ Wolfgang Singer
 * I just kike this quote and think someday it should be qotm.--McNoddy 14:24, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC) This might fare better if placed on his birthdate (29 November), though I am assuming that Wolfgang Singer is Hans Wolfgang Singer.
 * 3, to be used on a more appropriate date. InvisibleSun 23:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 04:09, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3, but on a different date, as suggested above. UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

''Take from my head the thorn-wreath brown! No mortal grief deserves that crown. O supreme Love, chief misery, The sharp regalia are for Thee Whose days eternally go on! For us, — whatever's undergone, Thou knowest, willest what is done, Grief may be joy misunderstood; Only the Good discerns the good. I trust Thee while my days go on.'' ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning ~
 * 3 Kalki 23:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 04:09, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

As when, O lady mine! With chiselled touch The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mould. The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows. ~ Michelangelo
 * 4 Zarbon 02:37, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 02:50, 3 March 2009 (UTC) Though I might rank it a 2 or even a 3 some other year.
 * 2 UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Yet I am learning. ~ Michelangelo
 * 2 Zarbon 02:37, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 02:50, 3 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

A little work, a little play To keep us going—and so good-day!

A little warmth, a little light Of love’s bestowing—and so, good-night.

A little fun, to match the sorrow Of each day’s growing—and so, good-morrow!

A little trust that when we die We reap our sowing—and so—good-bye! ~ George du Maurier
 * 2 Zarbon 02:49, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 02:53, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Ah, brief is Life, Love’s short sweet way, With dreamings rife, And then—Good-day!

And Life is vain— Hope’s vague delight, Grief’s transient pain, And then—Good-night. ~ George du Maurier
 * 3 Zarbon 02:49, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 02:53, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * This is not by DuMaurier; as the article shows, it is by Léon Montenaeken. InvisibleSun 23:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Mortality, behold and fear! What a change of flesh is here! Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones: Here they lie had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands. ~ Francis Beaumont (birth unknown/date of death)
 * 3 and strong lean toward a 4. Zarbon 02:49, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 02:53, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC) - I like the quote, but I'm not sure what ties it to this date.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. ~ Stanisław Jerzy Lec (date of birth)
 * 3 N6n 10:40, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 16:04, 27 February 2011 (UTC) but I might eventually rank it higher.
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:09, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

There were grammatical errors even in his silence. ~ Stanisław Jerzy Lec (born 1909 March 6)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:09, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:41, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Capitalism is based on self-interest and self-esteem; it holds integrity and trustworthiness as cardinal virtues and makes them pay off in the marketplace, thus demanding that men survive by means of virtue, not vices. It is this superlatively moral system that the welfare statists propose to improve upon by means of preventative law, snooping bureaucrats, and the chronic goad of fear. ~ Alan Greenspan (born 1926 March 6)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:09, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:41, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

If displeased with any man, do all you can to prevent his seeing it, for otherwise he will become estranged. And occasions often arise when he might and would have served you had you not lost him by showing your dislike. Of this I have had experience to my own profit. For once and again I have felt ill-disposed towards some one who not being aware of my hostility has afterwards helped me when I needed help and proved my good friend. ~ Francesco Guicciardini (born 1483 March 6)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:09, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:41, 3 March 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

I'm a little embarrassed about how long it took me to see the folly of most government intervention. It was probably 15 years before I really woke up to the fact that almost everything government attempts to do, it makes worse. ~ John Stossel (born 1947 March 6)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:09, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:41, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
 * 3 DanielTom (talk) 09:35, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
 * This was already used, on 14 February 2009. ~ ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:42, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 5 March 2016 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:47, 5 March 2023 (UTC); with a lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:47, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:47, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

title: March 6


text:
April 6

April 6 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * There is no sincerer love than the love of food. ~ George Bernard Shaw
 * selected by Poor Yorick

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

 * 2006
 * Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. ~ Isaac Asimov (died 6 April 1992)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * I am less concerned with expressing the motions of the soul and mind than to render visible, so to speak, the inner flashes of intuition which have something divine in their apparent insignificance and reveal magic, even divine horizons, when they are transposed into the marvellous effects of pure plastic art. ~ Gustave Moreau
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * I have never looked for dream in reality or reality in dream. I have allowed my imagination free play, and I have not been led astray by it. ~ Gustave Moreau
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our pleasant earth below Like the heaven above. ~ Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney ~
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land. Thus the little minutes, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of eternity. ~ Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney ~
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2011
 * I believe neither in what I touch nor what I see. I only believe in what I do not see, and solely in what I feel. ~ Gustave Moreau
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2012
 * אלהי אלהי למא שבקתני ελωι ελωι λεμα σαβαχθανι My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ~ Jesus ~

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

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

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

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

 * 2023
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
If we don't play God, who will? ~ James D. Watson
 * 3 Zarbon 00:37, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 02:01, 5 April 2009 (UTC) there is ambiguity and significance here beyond his intentions.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 20:23, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:29, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:33, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:33, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

 * 3 Lisa (talk) 08:34, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:46, 6 April 2021 (UTC), with a lean toward 3.

title: April 6


text:
May 6

May 6 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * That best portion of a good man's life, — His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. ~ William Wordsworth
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * If you shut your door to all errors truth will be shut out. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Thinking is an experimental dealing with small quantities of energy, just as a general moves miniature figures over a map before setting his troops in action. ~ Sigmund Freud (born 6 May 1856)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Who knows what beautiful and winged life, whose egg has been buried for ages under many concentric layers of woodenness in the dead dry life of society … may unexpectedly come forth … to enjoy its perfect summer life at last! … such is the character of that morrow which mere lapse of time can never make to dawn. … Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star. ~ Henry David Thoreau in Walden (died 6 May 1862)
 * proposed by Aphaia

 * 2008
 * Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. ~ Sigmund Freud
 * proposed by Aphaia

 * 2009
 * When true simplicity is gain'd To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd, To turn, turn will be our delight 'Till by turning, turning we come round right. ~ Joseph Brackett ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endlessly repeated rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which it may be optimistic about the future of mankind, but in itself it signifies not a little. ~ Sigmund Freud (born 6 May 1856), The Future of an Illusion (1928)
 * proposed by Aphaia

 * 2011
 * One might compare the relation of the ego to the id with that between a rider and his horse. The horse provides the locomotor energy, and the rider has the perogative of determining the goal and of guiding the movements of his powerful mount towards it. But all too often in the relations between the ego and the id we find a picture of the less ideal situation in which the rider is obliged to guide his horse in the direction in which it itself wants to go. ~ Sigmund Freud
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * Man found that he was faced with the acceptance of "spiritual" forces, that is to say such forces as cannot be comprehended by the senses, particularly not by sight, and yet having undoubted, even extremely strong, effects. If we may trust to language, it was the movement of the air that provided the image of spirituality, since the spirit borrows its name from the breath of wind (animus, spiritus, Hebrew: ruach = smoke). The idea of the soul was thus born as the spiritual principle in the individual. Observation found the breath of air again in the human breath, which ceases with death; even today we talk of a dying man breathing his last. Now the realm of spirits had opened for man, and he was ready to endow everything in nature with the soul he had discovered in himself. ~ Sigmund Freud
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2020

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki; official release date of the film.

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

 Quotes of people born this day, already used as QOTD.

 * Used 24 December 2004, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
Simplify, simplify. ~ Henry David Thoreau (died 6 May 1862), Walden (1854)
 * 4 Aphaia 18:01, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:47, 4 May 2009 (UTC) * 3 Kalki 18:58, 5 May 2007 (UTC) I like this but there are now several other options I would rank higher for a while.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 20:18, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:00, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 DanielTom (talk) 11:47, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

The unconscious is the larger circle which includes within itself the smaller circle of the conscious; everything conscious has its preliminary step in the unconscious. ~ Sigmund Freud
 * 2 Kalki 16:20, 5 May 2009 (UTC) 3 Kalki 18:58, 5 May 2007 (UTC) though the concepts seem plausibly presented, I don't actually agree with the choice of terms here
 * 3 InvisibleSun 20:18, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:00, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Analogies prove nothing, that is quite true, but they can make one feel more at home. ~ Sigmund Freud
 * 3 Kalki 18:58, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 20:18, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 05:00, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore. ~ Sigmund Freud
 * 3 because man finds a way, even if lips are sealed. Zarbon 04:14, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:47, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. ~ Sigmund Freud
 * 3 because religion does derive its strength from the people's own instinctual desires. Whether or not it is an illusion is the question, but Freud's perspective is well said in this quote. Zarbon 04:14, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 07:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:47, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child. ~ Randall Jarrell (born May 6, 1914)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 16:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 16:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I identify myself, as always, With something that there's something wrong with, With something human. ~ Randall Jarrell
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 16:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Soon we shall know everything the eighteenth century didn't know, and nothing it did, and it will be hard to live with us. ~ Randall Jarrell
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 16:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 16:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

The people who live in a Golden Age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks. ~ Randall Jarrell
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Zarbon 16:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 16:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

A poem is, so to speak, a way of making you forget how you wrote it. ~ Randall Jarrell
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

You often feel about something in Shakespeare or Dostoevsky that nobody ever said such a thing, but it's just the sort of thing people would say if they could — is more real, in some sense, than what people do say. If you have given your imagination free rein, let things go as far as they want to go, the world they made for themselves while you watched can have, for you and later watchers, a spontaneous finality. ~ Randall Jarrell
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 16:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution? ~ Maximilien Robespierre (born May 6)
 * 2 because in order to have change, one must endure the many steps of revolution, so to speak. Zarbon 04:26, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 04:51, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Our revolution has made me feel the full force of the axiom that history is fiction and I am convinced that chance and intrigue have produced more heroes than genius and virtue. ~ Maximilien Robespierre (born May 6)
 * 4 because this is rather true. The heroes of time and history have been guided much by the time in which they fell or were born into...chance is truly a major factor. Zarbon 04:26, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 16:20, 5 May 2009 (UTC) tactical shift — there are several suggestions which have been made which I prefer to this one. * 3 Kalki 16:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 04:51, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Death is the beginning of immortality. ~ Maximilien Robespierre (born May 6)
 * 3 because through death, one achieves the one thing one cannot achieve through living; the essence of immortality. Zarbon 04:26, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 04:51, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 23:47, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 4, but use the sourced translation from the article: "Death is the commencement of immortality." Ficaia (talk) 09:52, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

’T is beauty calls, and glory shows the way. ~ Nathaniel Lee (date of death — birthdate unknown)
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:52, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Do I know I'm right? Judgements aren't the same as facts. Instinct is not science. I'm like any other human being, as fallible and as capable of being wrong. I only know what I believe. ~ Tony Blair (born May 6, 1953)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 19:08, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 19:55, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis of what is the politically correct thing to do. ~ Tony Blair
 * 3 bystander (talk) 19:08, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 19:55, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

This is the time… to show that we will stand up for what we know to be right; to show that we will confront the tyrannies and dictatorships and terrorists who put our way of life at risk; to show, at the moment of decision, that we have the courage to do the right thing. ~ Tony Blair
 * 3 bystander (talk) 19:08, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 19:55, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:14, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:14, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:14, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:14, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:14, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

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

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

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

title: May 6


text:
Earth 2

Earth 2 was a short lived television series on NBC from 1994 to 1995 and consisted of 21 episodes. The show was about a crew of colonists who get stranded on an alien planet 22 light-years from Earth. Their ship, along with most of their supplies and crewmates, is destroyed while entering the planet's atmosphere. Seventeen people survive, but crash thousands of miles from where they should be with limited supplies.

The Enemy Within

 * [Reilly is trying to convince Julia Heller to betray the colonists];
 * Reilly: Who knows; when you do, maybe the Council will name an entire continent after your family.
 * Julia Heller: Yeah. Maybe they'll call it "Hell".

Moon Cross

 * Alonzo Solace: It seems like Terrians, but it's not.
 * Morgan Martin: What's that supposed to mean? You seem coherent, but you're not.

 * [Yale tells Mary about how people ask God for forgiveness "for the harm that they have done."]
 * Mary: The Terrian way is better. Don't harm.
 * Yale: And don't forgive.

After the Thaw

 * [The colonists experience numerous problems shortly after finding a 300,000 year-old frozen alien]
 * Morgan Marin [to Julia Heller]: ...or are you finally going to admit that the iceman shouldn't have cometh?

 * Yale: I certainly would be perturbed if I heard that someone had dug up my grandfather.

 * [The colonists are being tested to see who is being controlled by the alien]
 * Morgan Martin: Oh God, what if it is me? You'd lock me up, right? Y-You'd make sure that I didn't hurt anyone...
 * [pauses]
 * Morgan Martin: Or worse, hurt myself.

The Boy Who Would Be Terrian King

 * Officer: Looks like we moved for a rook and captured the king.

 * [True is hiding a dangerous alien animal. Again]
 * Yale [to True Danziger]: God, child, will you never learn?

Survival Of The Fittest

 * [Heller, J. Danziger, Solace, want to continue on the search for food, risking death. Morgan Martin wants to go back to camp.]
 * Morgan Martin: I can't believe this! ... [the decision to go on] Gotta be unanimous, right?
 * John Danziger: Right. Let's go.
 * [The other three start to get in the vehicle to drive off while Morgan stands there]
 * Alonzo Solace [calling back to Morgan]: Let's go, Morgan.
 * [Morgan stands there for a moment, then gets into the vehicle]
 * Morgan Martin: Next time I volunteer for something, remind me how unsuited I am for this kind of stress.

 * Walman: We have every right to defend ourselves!
 * Alonzo Solace: That doesn't give us the right to go blasting our way across the planet!

Flower Child

 * Alonzo Solace: Fear is a door, beyond it is the unknown.

I might be wrong about the episode or the character that said it, but this BS line is so perfect, so stupid. I went around randomly quoting it to strangers.

Main characters

 * Debrah Farentino as Devon Adair
 * Sullivan Walker as Yale
 * Clancy Brown as John Danziger
 * J. Madison Wright as True Danziger
 * Jessica Steen as Dr. Julia Heller
 * Antonio Sabàto Jr. as Alonzo Solace
 * John Gegenhuber as Morgan Martin
 * Rebecca Gayheart as Bess Martin

Other characters

 * Richard Bradford as Broderick O'Neill
 * Rockmond Dunbar as Baines
 * Marcia Mangus as Magus
 * Walter Norman as Walman
 * Kirk Trutner as Cameron
 * Danielle Fisher as Denner
 * Fredrick Lopez as Mazatl
 * Erin Murphy as Eben Sinh
 * Tim Curry as Gaal
 * Kelli Williams as Mary

title: Earth 2


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