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April 28

April 28 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * It is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done. ~ Terry Pratchett (born 28 April 1948)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost. ~ Karl Kraus (born 28 April 1874)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2008
 * The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * Too much magic could wrap time and space around itself, and that wasn't good news for the kind of person who had grown used to things like effects following things like causes. ~ Terry Pratchett in Sourcery ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * “The secret is not to dream … The secret is to wake up. Waking up is harder. I have woken up and I am real. I know where I come from and I know where I'm going. You cannot fool me anymore. Or touch me. Or anything that is mine.” I'll never be like this again, she thought, as she saw the terror in the Queen's face. I'll never again feel as tall as the sky and as old as the hills and as strong as the sea. I've been given something for a while, and the price of it is that I have to give it back. And the reward is giving it back, too. No human could live like this. You could spend a day looking at a flower to see how wonderful it is, and that wouldn't get the milking done. No wonder we dream our way through our lives. To be awake, and see it all as it really is … no one could stand that for long. ~ Terry Pratchett ~ in The Wee Free Men
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * Everything makes sense a bit at a time. But when you try to think of it all at once, it comes out wrong. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by bystander

 * 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 bystander

 * 2022

 * 4 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:09, 28 April 2022 (UTC); recent remarks regarding the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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

 * The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * used 10 October 2003, selected by Jimregan

 * How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read. ~ Karl Kraus
 * used 29 June 2004, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious. ~ Karl Kraus
 * 3 Kalki 01:17, 28 April 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 00:17, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:18, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis. ~ Karl Kraus
 * 3 Kalki 01:17, 28 April 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 00:17, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:18, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is is made beautiful by this embrace. ~ Karl Kraus
 * 3 Kalki 01:17, 28 April 2007 (UTC) (I have modified this from its current listing on the Kraus page, because I believe this form makes more sense. We have at least about a year to check out which is more accurate depiction of the German original.)
 * 1 Zarbon 00:17, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 pending resolution of this form of the quote. - InvisibleSun 10:18, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:10, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Soup is never eaten as hot as it is cooked. ~ Heinrich Müller (born April 28)
 * 2 Zarbon 17:00, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1. The quote is unsourced and should therefore be avoided as a QOTD choice. - InvisibleSun 10:18, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 23:10, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: The SS, Alibi of a Nation, 1922-1945 - Page 33 by Gerald Reitlinger - History - 1989 (I can provide sources for all the quotes if they are necessary)
 * 1 Kalki 02:08, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Let us not allow disorder enter where order prevails. ~ António de Oliveira Salazar (born April 28)
 * 2 Zarbon 04:28, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1. The quote is unsourced and should therefore be avoided as a QOTD choice. - InvisibleSun 10:18, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 02:08, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

If you knew how hard it is to command, you would only want to obey. ~ António de Oliveira Salazar (born April 28)
 * 2 because most of the time, it is best to follow orders. Zarbon 06:14, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 02:08, 24 April 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 0.

I call on you not to hate, because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking. ~ Saddam Hussein
 * 3 Zarbon 03:36, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 02:08, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 23:10, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting "All gods are bastards". ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

"We've strayed into a zone with a high magical index,' he said. 'Don't ask me how. Once upon a time a really powerful magic field must have been generated here, and we're feeling the after-effects." "Precisely," said a passing bush. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

It was octarine, the colour of magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination, because wherever it appeared it was a sign that mere matter was a servant of the powers of the magical mind. It was enchantment itself. But Rincewind always thought it looked a sort of greenish-purple. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Of course I'm sane, when trees start talking to me, I don't talk back. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Everyone has gods. You just don't think they're gods. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

The truth isn't easily pinned to a page. In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find... ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Wizards didn't kill ordinary people because a) they seldom noticed them and b) it wasn't considered sporting and c) besides, who'd do all the cooking and growing food and things. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Paranoids only think everyone is out to get them. Wizards know it. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Many people who had got to know Rincewind had come to treat him as a sort of two-legged miner's canary, and tended to assume that if Rincewind was still upright and not actually running then some hope remained. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Take it from me, there's nothing more terrible than someone out to do the world a favour. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

No gods anywhere play chess. They haven't got the imagination. Gods prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight to Oblivion; A key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

The days followed one another patiently. Right back at the beginning of the multiverse they had tried all passing at the same time, and it hadn't worked. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Never trust a species that grins all the time. It's up to something. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying "End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH", the paint wouldn't even have time to dry. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

I have no use for people who have learned the limits of the possible. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

More heads of the Guilds were pouring in, and every single one of them wanted to be involved in the decision-making process without necessarily going through the intelligence-using process first. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything. What a bunch. I know you well, gentlemen. You're in it for the quiet life and the pension, you don't hurry too much in case the danger is still around when you get there, and the most you ever expected to face was an obstreperous drunk or a particularly difficult cow. Most of you aren't even coppers, not in your head. In the sea of adventure, you're bottomfeeders. And now, it's war... and you're in the middle. Not on either side. You're the stupid little band of brownjobs. You're beneath contempt. But believe me, boys — you'll rise. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

They did the job they didn't have to do, and they died doing it, and you can't give them anything. Do you understand? They fought for those who'd been abandoned, they fought for one another, and they were betrayed. Men like them always are. What good would a statue be? It'd just inspire new fools to believe they're going to be heroes. They wouldn't want that. Just let them be. For ever. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

To be looked at by Annagramma was to know that you'd already taken up too much of her valuable time. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

People didn't respect Miss Level. They liked her, in an unthinking sort of way, and that was it. … "she likes people," said the witch, striding ahead. "She cares about 'em. Even the stupid, mean drooling ones, the mothers with the runny babies and no sense, the feckless and silly fools who treat her like some kind of a servant. Now that's what I call magic — seein' all that, dealin' with all that, and still goin' on." ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

They say that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man's mind wonderfully; unfortunately what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that it is in a body, that, in the morning, is going to be hanged. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

I commend my soul to any god that can find it. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

What sort of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Now the golems were freeing themselves. It was the quietest, most socially responsible revolution in history. They were property, and so they saved up and bought themselves. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

There be a lot o' men who became heroes cuz they wuz too scared tae run! ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Sourcerer, n. (mythical) A proto-wizard, a doorway through which new majik may enter the world, a wizard not limited by the physical capabilities of hys own bodie, not by Destinie, nor by Deathe. It is written that there once were sourcerers in the youth of the world but not may there by now and blessed be, for sourcery would mean the Ende of the World … If the Creator hadd meant menne to be bee as goddes, he would have given them wings. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

He had the unique opportunity to watch Conina fight. Not many men ever got to see it twice. Her opponents started off grinning at the temerity of a slight young girl attacking them, and then rapidly passed through various stages of puzzlement, doubt, concern, and abject gibbetting terror as they apparently became the center of a flashing, tightening circle of steel. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

While it was bad enough to be attacked with deadly and ferocious accuracy by a rather pretty girl in a white dress with flowers on it, it was even worse for the male ego to be tripped up and beaten by a travel accessory; it was pretty bad for all the rest of the male, too. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Magicians and scientists are, on the face of it, poles apart. Certainly, a group of people who often dress strangely, live in a world of their own, speak a specialized language and frequently make statements that appear to be in flagrant breach of common sense have nothing in common with a group of people who often dress strangely, speak a specialized language, live in … er … ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Here, gentlemen, good does not ultimately triumph at the expense of a few bruises and a non-threatening shoulder wound. Here, evil is generally defeated by a more organized kind of evil. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

If anyone has poisoned our Librarian, then, although I am not, by nature, a vindictive man, I will see to it that this university hunts down the poisoner by every thaumic, mystic and occult means available and makes the rest of their life not only as horrible as they can imagine it, but as horrible as I can imagine it. And you can depend on it, gentlemen, that I have already started work on it. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

"The box exists in ten or possibly eleven dimensions. Practically anything may be possible." "Why only eleven dimensions?" "We don't know," said Ponder. "It might be simply that more would be silly." ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent, Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works. Everyone is entitled to vote, unless disqualified by reason of age or not being Lord Vetinari. And yet it does work. This has annoyed a number of people who feel, somehow, that it should not, and who want a monarch instead, thus replacing a man who has achieved his position by cunning, a deep understanding of the realities of the human psyche, breathtaking diplomacy, a certain prowess with the stiletto dagger, and, all agree, a mind like a perfectly balanced circular saw, with a man who has got there by being born… A third proposition, that the city be governed by a choice of respectable members of the community who would promise not to give themselves airs or betray the public trust at every turn, was instantly the subject of music-hall jokes all over the city. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Sometimes, the best answer is a more interesting question. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

"We're the Good Guys, aren't we?" "Yes, but that rather hinges on doing certain things and not doing others, sir", said Ponder. "Playing around with other people's heads against their will would almost certainly be one of the nots." ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

I am sorry. It is hard to convey five-dimensional ideas in a language evolved to scream defiance at the monkeys in the next tree. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

Never enter an arsekicking contest with a porcupine. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

I think magic is very related to happiness. So it is not there all the time, but there are beautiful moments of magic in everyone's life. ~ Penélope Cruz (born 28 April 1974)
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 15:44, 11 November 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, an evasion simply muddles 'em. ~ Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
 * 3 bystander (talk) 12:44, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 07:26, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience. ~ Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
 * 3 bystander (talk) 12:44, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 07:26, 24 April 2013 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 13:07, 26 March 2015 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

 * Is it lawful to wish for death—merely to wish—without doing anything to accelerate it? Such wishes may proceed rather from the pressure of affliction, from a sense of the vanities of the world, or from an earnest desire to partake, as soon as possible, of the joys of immortality. The two latter form my case. There is very little indeed to bind me to this world—nothing except my beloved children. To them my departure, whenever it may happen, will no doubt be cause of grief; but time assuages sorrow, and in a little while the memory of me will perhaps be a pleasing melancholy, succeeding to the first violent emotions. For my transition, I hope I am not wholly unprepared. I endeavor every day to increase my readiness to go. Thou, O God! knowest how often I think of thee, how often I pray thee to increase my love for thee, and to enable me to steer clear of giving thee offence. Adieu, then, my earthly friends! adieu, my beloved children! Weep not for me! ~ William Rawle (dob)
 * 3 Ficaia (talk) 13:37, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

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May 28

May 28 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures — in this century, as in others, our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have made more than one movie. ~ Ismail Merchant (recent death)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * What I do know for certain is that what is regarded as success in a rational materialistic society only impresses superficial minds. It amounts to nothing and will not help us rout the destructive forces threatening us today. What may be our salvation is the discovery of the identity hidden deep in any one of us, and which may be found in even the most desperate individual, if he cares to search the spiritual womb which contains the embryo of what can be one's personal contribution to truth and life. ~ Patrick White (born 28 May 1912)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * I have the same idea with all my books: an attempt to come close to the core of reality, the structure of reality, as opposed to the merely superficial. The realistic novel is remote from art. A novel should heighten life, should give one an illuminating experience; it shouldn't set out what you know already. I just muddle away at it. One gets flashes here and there, which help. I am not a philosopher or an intellectual. Practically anything I have done of any worth I feel I have done through my intuition, not my mind... ~ Patrick White
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2008
 * In my books I have lifted bits from various religions in trying to come to a better understanding; I've made use of religious themes and symbols. Now, as the world becomes more pagan, one has to lead people in the same direction in a different way... ~ Patrick White
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2009
 * The time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property of the few, when it must be woven into the common life of the world. ~ Louis Agassiz (born 28 May 1807)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2010
 * War of any kind is abhorrent. Remember that since the end of World War II, over 40 million people have been killed by conventional weapons. So, if we should succeed in averting nuclear war, we must not let ourselves be sold the alternative of conventional weapons for killing our fellow men. We must cure ourselves of the habit of war. ~ Patrick White
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * What I am interested in is the relationship between the blundering human being and God. I belong to no church, but I have a religious faith; it's an attempt to express that, among other things, that I try to do. Whether he confesses to being religious or not, everyone has a religious faith of a kind. I myself am a blundering human being with a belief in God who made us and we got out of hand, a kind of Frankenstein monster. Everyone can make mistakes, including God. I believe God does intervene; I think there is a Divine Power, a Creator, who has an influence on human beings if they are willing to be open to him. ~ Patrick White
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * proposed by InvisibleSun
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Fossil

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by J.A.R.N.Y.

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks on recent tragedies.

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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

 * Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. ~ William Pitt the Younger
 * used 23 January 2007, proposed by Tamino

Suggestions
I'm iron. I lasted through ten years of war, and now I can last through this. It's true, it's not good for the nerves. ~ Sepp Dietrich (born May 28)
 * 3 because one would have to be steel to withstand many hardships. Zarbon 04:20, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004 - Page 280
 * 1 What is being referred to by "this"? - InvisibleSun 17:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 22:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣 01:54, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Conversation is imperative if gaps are to be filled, and old age, it is the last gap but one. ~ Patrick White
 * 3 but alas, old age is welcomed. Zarbon 16:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 17:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣 01:54, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

The essence of what you have to say you pick up before you're twenty... ~ Patrick White
 * 3 because the perspective and understanding of one is formulated prior to that age. It would be rather difficult to change one's view after this age, dogmatism has become a standard of living, especially for this century. Zarbon 16:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 17:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣 01:54, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Now there is no taboo; everything is allowed. But one cannot simply go back to tonality, it's not the way. We must find a way of neither going back nor continuing the avant-garde. I am in a prison: one wall is the avant-garde, the other wall is the past, and I want to escape. ~ György Ligeti (born May 28)
 * 4 because when both the past and future fail to answer, one is deadlocked. Nice. I love these scenarios. Zarbon 06:18, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 17:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:15, 27 May 2009 (UTC) * 3 Kalki 22:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC) but this should perhaps have more context provided
 * 3 with a mild lean toward 4 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣 01:54, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Why is there such a gap between nonspeaking animals and speaking man, when there is no other such gap in nature? Is it possible that a theory of man is nothing more nor less than a theory of the speaking creatures? ~ Walker Percy
 * 4 InvisibleSun 18:28, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 because man holds intellect, experience, and knowledge to differ from the rest of nature. Even if I were to agree with the quote, which I don't, I would never say that the theory of animals holds prevalence to the theory of man, as barbaric as man may be. Greek philosophy is still strong because it taught mankind the major difference between the rest of the animal kingdom and the intellect of man. I don't want to disagree with InvisibleSun too much, because I do agree with him for many suggestions, but this one here I think I can't agree with the ideology behind. Zarbon 21:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Similar views have been expressed in the Babylonian Talmud. If I can find the specific quote, I’ll put it here. J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣 01:54, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch. ~ Ian Fleming (born May 28, 1908)

 * 3 Lyle
 * 2 InvisibleSun 17:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 21:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣 01:54, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

The eye of the trilobite tells us that the sun shone on the old beach where he lived; for there is nothing in nature without a purpose, and when so complicated an organ was made to receive light, there must have been light to enter it. ~ Louis Agassiz
 * 3 Fossil 22:17, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 02:45, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:32, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:30, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣 01:54, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Thales kindled a flame that still burns to this day: the very idea of cosmos out of chaos, a universe governed by the order of natural laws that we can actually figure out. This is the epic adventure that began in the mind of Thales. ~ In commemoration of the solar eclipse of May 28, 585 BCE, from the sixth episode of the science documentary television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014).
 * 4 Pithy Francoln (talk) 21:00, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 1 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:00, 28 May 2017 (UTC) with a lean toward 2.
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣 01:54, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

 * 3 --ΞΔΞ (talk) 13:32, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 --ΞΔΞ (talk) 13:32, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

title: May 28


text:
July 28

July 28 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. ~ Oprah Winfrey
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve. ~ Karl Popper (born 28 July 1902) in Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach (1972)
 * proposed by MosheZadka

 * 2006
 * We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong. ~ Karl Popper
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure. ~ Karl Popper
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, "Tell the Truth." If I got three more words, I'd add, "All the time." ~ Randy Pausch
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * We do not choose political freedom because it promises us this or that. We choose it because it makes possible the only dignified form of human coexistence, the only form in which we can be fully responsible for ourselves. Whether we realize its possibilities depends on all kinds of things — and above all on ourselves. ~ Karl Popper
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite. ~ Karl Popper
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * The World is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod. And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; And though the last lights off the black West went Oh morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs — Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with the warm breast and with ah! bright wings. ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins ~
 * partly proposed by InvisibleSun, extensive expansion proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * proposed by Kalki
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 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…

Suggestions
Minimum information given with maximum politeness. ~ Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (date of birth)
 * 2 Kalki 13:07, 27 July 2009 (UTC) * 3 Kalki 00:10, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 14:43, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:59, 14 July 2013 (UTC) Need context.

Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain. ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins (born July 28, 1844)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 18:28, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 12:26, 27 July 2007 (UTC) This just doesn't strike me as a strong statement of much.
 * 2 Zarbon 14:43, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:59, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

When imperialism feels weak, it resorts to brute force. ~ Hugo Chávez
 * 2 Zarbon 20:02, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 15:12, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2.5 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:59, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

And the Devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the Devil came here. Right here. And it smells of sulphur still today. ~ Hugo Chávez
 * 4 Zarbon 20:02, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 15:12, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:59, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. ~ John Ashbery
 * 2 Zarbon 20:02, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 15:12, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 13:59, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 4 I would suggest the international pictogramme for poison and the International Court of Justice seal as the two images. CensoredScribe (talk) 00:19, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

 * Rocking on a lazy billow With roaming eyes, Cushioned on a dreamy pillow, Thou art now wise. Wake the power within thee slumbering, Trim the plot that's in thy keeping, Thou wilt bless the task when reaping Sweet labour's prize. ~ John Stuart Blackie (birthday)
 * 4 Ficaia (talk) 10:32, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

title: July 28


text:
August 28

August 28 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise mortifying the flesh. They then point with pride to these practices as the cause of their sturdy health and ripe years; the truth being that they are hearty and old, not because of their habits, but in spite of them. The reason we find only robust persons doing this thing is that it has killed all the others who have tried it. ~ The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
 * selected by Nanobug

 * 2004
 * It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing. ~ Muhammad
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today... ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
 * proposed by MosheZadka, expanded from the first Wikiquote Quote of the Day, selected by Nanobug.

 * 2006
 * Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Moderation, the Golden Mean, the Aristonmetron, is the secret of wisdom and of happiness. But it does not mean embracing an unadventurous mediocrity: rather it is an elaborate balancing-act, a feat of intellectual skill demanding constant vigilance. Its aim is a reconciliation of opposites. ~ Robertson Davies
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2008
 * To which of the warring serpents should I turn with the problem that now faces me? It is easy, and tempting, to choose the god of Science. Now I would not for a moment have you suppose that I am one of those idiots who scorns Science, merely because it is always twisting and turning, and sometimes shedding its skin, like the serpent that is its symbol. It is a powerful god indeed but it is what the students of ancient gods called a shape-shifter, and sometimes a trickster. ~ Robertson Davies
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * What is the use of being wise if we are not sometimes merry? The merriment of wise men is not the uninformed, gross fun of ignorant men, but it has more kinship with that than the pinched, frightened fun of those who are neither learned nor ignorant, gentle nor simple, bound nor free. The idea that a wise man must be solemn is bred and preserved among people who have no idea what wisdom is, and can only respect whatever makes them feel inferior. ~ Robertson Davies
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2010
 * The ironist is not bitter, he does not seek to undercut everything that seems worthy or serious, he scorns the cheap scoring-off of the wisecracker. He stands, so to speak, somewhat at one side, observes and speaks with a moderation which is occasionally embellished with a flash of controlled exaggeration. He speaks from a certain depth, and thus he is not of the same nature as the wit, who so often speaks from the tongue and no deeper. The wit's desire is to be funny; the ironist is only funny as a secondary achievement. ~ Robertson Davies
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2011
 * Love does not dominate, it cultivates. And that is more. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2013

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2014

 * proposed by allixpeeke

 * 2015

 * proposed by allixpeeke

 * 2016

 * proposed by allixpeeke

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

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

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki, in regard of abiding assertions regarding his role as President of the United States of America.

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki; for the 60th anniversary of the delivery of the famous "I Have a Dream" speech on 28 August 1963.

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
It is mankind's discovery of language which more than any other single thing has separated him from the animal creation. Without language, what concept have we of past or future as separated from the immediate present? Without language, how can we tell anyone what we feel, or what we think? It might be said that until he developed language, man had no soul, for without language how could he reach deep inside himself and discover the truths that are hidden there, or find out what emotions he shared, or did not share, with his fellow men and women. ~ Robertson Davies
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:24, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:07, 25 August 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 16:20, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2.5 //Gbern3 (talk) 01:55, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 08:58, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (dob)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 16:33, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 01:55, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
 * 3 (leaning toward 2 because of the poor grammar; "one" is singular while "their" is plural) allixpeeke (talk) 08:58, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Note: According to this page, "The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire" on 28 August 1833.

 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 08:58, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 13:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Note: King's "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered on 28 August 1963. This quote is from said speech.

 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 10:05, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 13:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Note: King's "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered on 28 August 1963. This quote was written around the same time as King's speech.

 * 3 (very strongly leaning toward 4) allixpeeke (talk) 10:05, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 3, but tenuously; I like the quote, but the link to the date seems tenuous. ~ ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 13:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Note: Jack Black was born 28 August 1969.

 * 2 (leaning toward 3) allixpeeke (talk) 10:21, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 13:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Note: The film Fight Club was directed by David Fincher who, in turn, was born 28 August 1962.

 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 10:21, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 13:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

"Hughie, get your tanks off my lawn."" -- Harold Wilson
 * Submitted by
 * 1, with a lean toward 0; this appears to have no strong relation to this date and does not seem a highly notable statement. ~ ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 07:07, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:17, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:17, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:17, 27 August 2023 (UTC) (even though most of this one has already been used previously, in 2014)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:17, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:17, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

title: August 28


text:
September 28

September 28 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to work. "Hello, can't work today. Still queer." ~ Robin Tyler
 * selected by Nanobug

 * 2004
 * Love is the most important thing in the world. It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ourselves and all beings with love, admiration and respect. ~ Hermann Hesse
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * In the season of white wild roses We two went hand in hand: But now in the ruddy autumn Together already we stand. ~ Francis Turner Palgrave (born 28 September 1824)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * When once the mind has raised itself to grasp and to delight in excellence, those who love most will be found to love most wisely. ~ Francis Turner Palgrave (born 28 September 1824)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed — I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself. ~ Georges Clemenceau (born 28 September 1841)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2008
 * I don't think there's anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It's the other attitude that confuses me. ~ Paul Newman (recent death)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * The way which the superior man pursues, reaches wide and far, and yet is secret. Common men and women, however ignorant, may intermeddle with the knowledge of it; yet in its utmost reaches, there is that which even the sage does not know. Common men and women, however much below the ordinary standard of character, can carry it into practice; yet in its utmost reaches, there is that which even the sage is not able to carry into practice. Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it. ~ Confucius
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin. It is characteristic of the superior man, appearing insipid, yet never to produce satiety; while showing a simple negligence, yet to have his accomplishments recognized; while seemingly plain, yet to be discriminating. He knows how what is distant lies in what is near. He knows where the wind proceeds from. He knows how what is minute becomes manifested. Such a one, we may be sure, will enter into virtue. ~ Confucius
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * The superior man examines his heart, that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause for dissatisfaction with himself. That wherein the superior man cannot be equaled is simply this — his work which other men cannot see. ~ Confucius
 * 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

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory. ~ Georges Clemenceau
 * 2 because this is somewhat true. Victory is had, but not everyone experiences it. The fact that war can be depicted as a series of catastrophes however, is somewhat stabilized a perspective. Zarbon 03:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:21, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 17:29, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:29, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

The idea of choice is easily debased if one forgets that the aim is to have chosen successfully, not to be endlessly choosing. ~ George W. S. Trow
 * 2 Zarbon 05:00, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:21, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 17:29, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:29, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

By this act, all ties with the dreadful past are broken, and my government will be proud to be able to march with you on to the inevitable victory. ~ Pietro Badoglio
 * 3 Zarbon 04:36, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:21, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 17:29, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:29, 23 August 2013 (UTC) No context.

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking. ~ Georges Clemenceau
 * 3 Kalki 13:21, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:29, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he’s not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe. ~ Georges Clemenceau
 * 3 Kalki 13:21, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * 2.5 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:29, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed — I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself. ~ Georges Clemenceau
 * 3 Kalki 13:21, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * 2.5 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:29, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

title: September 28


text:
October 28

October 28 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * We're just being ourselves and having fun playing baseball. The biggest thing is when people look at our team, they can see that we're having a lot of fun. ~ Johnny Damon
 * selected by Kalki, Damon, as a Boston Red Sox player the year Boston "reversed" the "Curse of the Bambino" by winning the 2004 World Series.

 * 2005
 * Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will grade him for wisdom as measured both by survival and by the quality of life of those who survive. ~ Jonas Salk (born 28 October 1914)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish. ~ Evelyn Waugh (born 28 October 1903)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * I have dreams, and I have nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams. ~ Jonas Salk (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens. ~ Jigoro Kano
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2009
 * The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. ~ Jonas Salk (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Paradoxically, the man who has failed and one who is at the peak of success are in exactly the same position. Each must decide what he will do next, choose the course that will lead him to the future. ~ Jigoro Kano
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2011
 * My attitude was always to keep open, to keep scanning. I think that's how things work in nature. Many people are close-minded, rigid, and that's not my inclination. ~ Jonas Salk
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Ningauble

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

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

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to the recent special forces operation against ISIL.

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2022

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. ~ Bill Gates, born that day
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:56, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ UDScott 12:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Ningauble 16:14, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 19:48, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

If at first you don't succeed, maybe losing is your style. Chris Lang October 28th 2008

To know and love another human being is the root of all wisdom. ~ Evelyn Waugh (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 18:52, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 ~ UDScott 12:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 (unsourced) Ningauble 16:14, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ Ningauble 00:15, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0. I can't find this quote on the Waugh page. - InvisibleSun 19:48, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:28, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This is a line from Brideshead Revisited, which has now been added to the page. ~ Kalki 22:12, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame. ~ Jigoro Kano 1 * 3 Kalki 15:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC) This seems to be a general Japanese proverb; I found no published mention of Jigoro Kano as its author. ~ Kalki 19:01, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Zarbon 05:39, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 ~ UDScott 12:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 (unsourced) Ningauble 16:14, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced to Kano. - InvisibleSun 19:48, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: actually, this quote is attributed heavily to Jigoro Kano and Judo training. I located many books that have the quote, but I'm having trouble locating the exact source crediting Kano as the sole author. I'm pretty sure he did say it though. Zarbon 23:12, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. ~ Bill Gates
 * 3 Zarbon 05:39, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 15:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ UDScott 12:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Ningauble 16:14, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 19:48, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. ~ Evelyn Waugh
 * 3 Kalki 06:01, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

I came to the conclusion many years ago that almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression. ~ Evelyn Waugh
 * 3 Kalki 06:01, 19 October 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances, and helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy. ~ Jigoro Kano
 * 3 Kalki 06:23, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

 * 3.25. October 28, because that is the man's birthday. Statement condemning the enslavement of African people. Spelling has been modernized from the 18th century one. – Illegitimate Barrister 21:14, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:14, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:14, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:14, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:14, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:14, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:14, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:14, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

title: October 28


text:
November 28

November 28 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * Security is mostly a superstition... Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ~ Helen Keller
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2004
 * Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. ~ George Washington
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. ~ William Blake (born 28 November 1757)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Whatever nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge. ~ Enrico Fermi (date of death)
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2007
 * To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. ~ William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * One must be very naïve or dishonest to imagine that men choose their beliefs independently of their situation. ~ Claude Lévi-Strauss (100th Birthday — born 28 November 1908)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * Enthusiastic partisans of the idea of progress are in danger of failing to recognize — because they set so little store by them — the immense riches accumulated by the human race on either side of the narrow furrow on which they keep their eyes fixed; by underrating the achievements of the past, they devalue all those which still remain to be accomplished. ~ Claude Lévi-Strauss
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2010
 * I am going to my Father’s; and though with great difficulty I have got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who will now be my rewarder. When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the river-side, into which as he went, he said, "Death, where is thy sting?" And as he went down deeper, he said, "Grave, where is thy victory?" So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side. ~ John Bunyan
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * There stood a man with his sword drawn, and his face all over with blood. Then said Mr. Great-Heart, Who art thou? The man made answer, saying, I am one whose name is Valiant-for-truth. I am a pilgrim, and am going to the Celestial City. ~ John Bunyan
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki, regarding the US Thanksgiving Day of 2019.

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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

 * Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed. ~ William Blake
 * used 25 July 2004, selected by Kalki

 * If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern. ~ William Blake
 * used 30 September 2004, selected by Kalki

 * Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ~ Washington Irving (date of death)
 * used 24 November 2004, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. ~ Washington Irving (date of death)
 * 3 UDScott 14:53, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 03:44, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 07:03, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 02:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion. ~ William Blake (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 21:28, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 03:44, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 Zarbon 07:03, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Never seek to tell thy love, Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind doth move Silently, invisibly. ~ William Blake (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 21:28, 27 November 2005 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 03:44, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 07:03, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Natural man did not precede society, nor is he outside it. ~ Claude Lévi-Strauss
 * 3 InvisibleSun 03:44, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 00:30, 1 December 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 07:03, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 02:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

All revolutions devour their own children. ~ Ernst Röhm (born November 28)
 * 3 because this has proven to be true throughout history. All revolutions have eventually led to failure and those who have led the revolutions to corruption. Zarbon 04:47, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership - Page 147 by Joachim C. Fest - History - 1999
 * 1 Kalki 02:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC) though I might conceivably rank it a 2, I cannot agree with it. The American Revolution, among many others proceeded well, and George Washington led his nation very ably into the era of modern democracies.
 * Whether or not the American Revolution proceeded any better than the French Revolution is a matter of opinion. One ended in slaughter through guillotine while the other started a Civil War in order to obtain independence. This is truly a matter of opinion. However, as a historian, the fact that a revolution devours the essence of its founding fathers isn't hard to attest to, since the people who are responsible for its conception are, in turn, affected by its institution. Zarbon 06:47, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Since I am an immature and wicked man, war and unrest appeal to me more than good bourgeois order. Brutality is respected, the people need wholesome fear. They want to fear someone. They want someone to frighten them and make them shudderingly submissive. ~ Ernst Röhm (born November 28)
 * 3 Zarbon 04:47, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership - Page 139 by Joachim C. Fest - History - 1999
 * 1 Kalki 02:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

If you dislike change, you're going to dislike irrelevance even more. ~ Eric Shinseki
 * 2 Zarbon 04:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 02:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God. ~ James Eastland
 * 2 Zarbon 05:03, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 this is a misattribution. This has usually been quoted as a maxim of the American Revolution, and variously attributed to Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, as well as others who have used it in later times.

Eternity and pain, pain and eternity -- they are the only two things of which the universe is made. ~ David Zindell
 * 2 Zarbon 05:03, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 02:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. ~ Friedrich Engels
 * 3 Zarbon 05:03, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 02:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results. ~ Rita Mae Brown
 * 2 Zarbon 05:03, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 02:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. ~ Rita Mae Brown
 * 2 Zarbon 05:03, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 02:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3

Life moved ever outward into infinite possibilities and yet all things were perfect and finished in every single moment, their end attained. ~ David Zindell
 * 3 Kalki 02:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 06:44, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Truth, like a woman, must be wooed and won — and this only through the purity of mind and the heart’s deep love. ~ David Zindell
 * 3 Kalki 02:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 06:44, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Poems are the dreams of the universe crystallized in words. ~ David Zindell
 * 3 Kalki 02:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 06:44, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

The universe is a womb for the genesis of gods. ~ David Zindell
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 05:08, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

The only truly alive beings are those unafraid to die. ~ David Zindell
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 05:08, 27 November 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

You must remember that an oak tree is not a crime against the acorn. ~ David Zindell
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 05:08, 27 November 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:04, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:04, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:54, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:54, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

title: November 28


text:
December 28

December 28 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is. ~ Richard Feynman
 * selected by Kalki, — This statement has been discovered to very probably be a misattribution, and seems to have been created as part of a paraphrase of Feynman's note to the mother of Marcus Chown: "Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science — for to fill your heart with love is enough." ~ Kalki 01:29, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

 * 2005
 * No nation is fit to sit in judgement upon any other nation. ~ Woodrow Wilson, (born 28 December 1856)
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2006
 * The length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends. ~ Gerald Ford (recent death)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * The forces of moderation and democracy must, and will, prevail against extremism and dictatorship. I will not be intimidated. … Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it. ~ Benazir Bhutto (recent death)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear. ~ Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (Date of death)
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2009
 * At terrestrial temperatures matter has complex properties which are likely to prove most difficult to unravel; but it is reasonable to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star. ~ Arthur Stanley Eddington
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * The external world of physics has … become a world of shadows. In removing our illusions we have removed the substance, for indeed we have seen that substance is one of the greatest of our illusions. … The sparsely spread nuclei of electric force become a tangible solid; their restless agitation becomes the warmth of summer; the octave of aethereal vibrations becomes a gorgeous rainbow. Nor does the alchemy stop here. In the transmuted world new significances arise which are scarcely to be traced in the world of symbols; so that it becomes a world of beauty and purpose — and, alas, suffering and evil. The frank realisation that physical science is concerned with a world of shadows is one of the most significant of recent advances. ~ Arthur Stanley Eddington
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2011
 * We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about "and." ~ Arthur Stanley Eddington
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki in regard to her recent death.

 * 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…

Suggestions
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to The Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ~ Pledge of Allegiance, officially recognized by the U.S. Congress on this date in 1945
 * 3 ~ UDScott 15:03, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 0 (not everyone is American) - --Mister Six 11:10, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 4 Significant historical event worth commemoration. Ezratrumpet 06:38, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 15:39, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 07:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 0 because I completely agree with Mister Six. Zarbon 20:48, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 The Pledge was adopted on June 22, 1942, and version adopted then did not have the words under God in it. That phase was not added until June 14, 1954. bystander (talk) 00:34, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

There is such thing as a man being too proud to fight. ~ Woodrow Wilson (born December 28, 1856)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:31, 27 December 2006 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 Zarbon 20:48, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Only a peace between equals can last. ~ Woodrow Wilson
 * 4 InvisibleSun 07:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:31, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 20:48, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Our neighbors use searchlights, for they want more light. I tell you... we need more darkness. ~ Ivan Konev (born December 28)
 * 4 because this has deep meaning...sometimes it is better to have a century of peace (darkness) and serenity rather than one that sparks (light) problems. Very beautiful dynamic here. Zarbon 06:43, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: The Last Battle - Page 354 by Cornelius Ryan - History - 1995
 * 2 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

...the best teacher is one who learns in the process of teaching. ~ Mortimer Adler
 * 3 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

The great books of ancient and medieval as well as modern times are a repository of knowledge and wisdom, a tradition of culture which must initiate each generation. ~ Mortimer Adler
 * 2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor. ~ Sam Levenson
 * 2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. ~ Sam Levenson
 * 2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want? ~ Sam Levenson
 * 2 for comic value. Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

A film is just like a muffin. You make it. You put it on the table. One person might say, "Oh, I don't like it". One might say it's the best muffin ever made. One might say it's an awful muffin. It's hard for me to say. It's for me to make the muffin. ~ Denzel Washington
 * 2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Face front, true believer! ~ Stan Lee
 * 2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

You wake me up early in the morning to tell me that I'm right? Please wait until I'm wrong. ~ John von Neumann
 * 2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:38, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

title: December 28


text:
January 29

January 29 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow human being let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. ~ Stephen Grellet
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Time's glory is to command contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light. ~ William Shakespeare ~
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace. ~ Milan Kundera
 * selected by Kalki — 29 January 2006 is the start of the Chinese New Year 4704, a "Year of the Dog".

 * 2007
 * I speak an open and disinterested language, dictated by no passion but that of humanity. To me, who have not only refused offers, because I thought them improper, but have declined rewards I might with reputation have accepted, it is no wonder that meanness and imposition appear disgustful. Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good. ~ Thomas Paine
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * The fear of freedom is strong in us. We call it chaos or anarchy, and the words are threatening. We live in a true chaos of contradicting authorities, an age of conformism without community, of proximity without communication. We could only fear chaos if we imagined that it was unknown to us, but in fact we know it very well. ~ Germaine Greer (born 29 January 1939)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. ~ John Updike (recent death)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs. ~ Anton Chekhov
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * It is never to be expected in a revolution that every man is to change his opinion at the same moment. There never yet was any truth or any principle so irresistibly obvious that all men believed it at once. Time and reason must cooperate with each other to the final establishment of any principle; and therefore those who may happen to be first convinced have not a right to persecute others, on whom conviction operates more slowly. The moral principle of revolutions is to instruct, not to destroy. ~ Thomas Paine
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles, he can only discover them. ~ Thomas Paine
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by DanielTom

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2019

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2020

 * proposed by Illegitimate Barrister

 * 2021

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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

 * It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. ~ Thomas Paine
 * used 23 March 2004, selected by Kalki

 * An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. ~ Thomas Paine
 * used 21 January 2005, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
Man is not the enemy of man but through the medium of a false system of government. ~ Thomas Paine (born January 29, 1737)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:14, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries BY A GOVERNMENT, which we might expect in a country WITHOUT GOVERNMENT, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. ~ Thomas Paine
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 DanielTom (talk) 14:41, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

People who live alone always have something on their minds that they would willingly share. ~ Anton Chekhov (born January 29, 1860)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:14, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. When I get tired of one I spend the night with the other. Though it's disorderly it's not so dull, and besides, neither really loses anything through my infidelity. ~ Anton Chekhov
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:14, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

The person who wants nothing, hopes for nothing, and fears nothing can never be an artist. ~ Anton Chekhov
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 00:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may not ever need to go there. ~ Edward Abbey
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 because it's true. People want many things although they may never need them. It's a perplex explanation of the human spirit and the will for things, and refuge would suffice as a perfect example, for someone to want to have it regardless of ever needing it. Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only home we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need — if only we had the eyes to see. ~ Edward Abbey
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 00:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 01:17, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself. ~ Edward Abbey
 * 3 bystander (talk) 01:17, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Next time round Hitler will be a machine. ~ Germaine Greer
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:14, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace, and wit, reminders of order, calm, and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark. The pleasure they give is steady, unorgastic, reliable, deep, and long-lasting. In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still, and absorbed. ~ Germaine Greer
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Women over fifty already form one of the largest groups in the population structure of the western world. As long as they like themselves, they will not be an oppressed minority. In order to like themselves they must reject trivialization by others of who and what they are. A grown woman should not have to masquerade as a girl in order to remain in the land of the living. ~ Germaine Greer
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Thought and beauty, like a hurricane or waves, should not know conventional, delimited forms. ~ Anton Chekhov (born 29 January 1860)
 * 3 Kalki 23:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:21, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul. ~ Anton Chekhov
 * 3 Kalki 23:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:21, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

A long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason. ~ Thomas Paine (born 29 January 1737)
 * 3 Kalki 23:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:21, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 19:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. ~ Anton Chekhov
 * 4 Zarbon 06:18, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:14, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:22, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so. ~ Romain Rolland
 * 3 Kalki 00:38, 27 December 2008 (UTC) with a VERY strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 I don't agree with this. Zarbon 02:02, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:18, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Freedom begins between the ears. ~ Edward Abbey
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:23, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am — a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards. ~ Edward Abbey
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:23, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

The more corrupt a society, the more numerous its laws. ~ Edward Abbey
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:23, 19 January 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork. ~ Edward Abbey
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:23, 19 January 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ~ Thomas Paine
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:23, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 3 DanielTom (talk) 14:41, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

It is only by the exercise of reason that man can discover God. ~ Thomas Paine
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:23, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

The word of god is the creation we behold and it is in this word, which no human invention can counterfeit or alter, that God speaketh universally to man. ~ Thomas Paine
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:23, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Men did not make the earth... It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property... Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds. ~ Thomas Paine
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:23, 19 January 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

We are not people because of our bodies but because of our spirits.~ Emanuel Swedenborg
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:59, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

All in heaven take joy in sharing their delights and blessings with others.~ Emanuel Swedenborg
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:59, 8 December 2011 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

All religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do good.~ Emanuel Swedenborg
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:59, 8 December 2011 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

Man knows that love is, but not what it is.~ Emanuel Swedenborg
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:59, 8 December 2011 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

No one ever reads a book. He reads himself through books, either to discover or to control himself. ~ Romain Rolland
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:31, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

It is not peace that I seek, but life. ~ Romain Rolland
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:31, 27 December 2011 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

Thou art not alone, and thou dost not belong to thyself. Thou art one of My voices, thou art one of My arms. Speak and strike for Me. But if the arm be broken, or the voice be weary, then still I hold My ground: I fight with other voices, other arms than thine. Though thou art conquered, yet art thou of the army which is never vanquished. Remember that and thou wilt fight even unto death. ~ Romain Rolland
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:31, 27 December 2011 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

 * 3.50. – Illegitimate Barrister, 13:37, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

The proof of a theory is in its reasoning, not in its sponsorship. Ludwig_von_Mises
 * (25 January 2016)

If poverty was a man I would kill him, because poverty is behind every crime.~ Ali (Died January 29th, 661 CE from injuries from assassination ending the Rashadun caliphate.)
 * 3 CensoredScribe (talk) 22:47, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

title: January 29


text:
March 29

March 29 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. ~ Peter Ustinov (recent death)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted. ~ Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way. ~ Stanisław Lem (recent death)
 * selected by Kalki

Wondering at the world and at time passing; I have seen evil, and the light blessing Innocent love under a spring sky.'' ~ R. S. Thomas ~
 * 2007
 * ''I have been all men known to history,
 * selected by Kalki

Of longing changing to a cold ache. King, beggar and fool, I have been all by turns, Knowing the body’s sweetness, the mind’s treason; Taliesin still, I show you a new world, risen, Stubborn with beauty, out of the heart’s need.'' ~ R. S. Thomas ~
 * 2008
 * ''I have known exile and a wild passion
 * proposed by Kalki

But a no-one with a crown of light about his head. He would remember a verse from Pindar: "Man is a dream about a shadow. But when some splendour falls upon him from God, a glory comes to him and his life is sweet." ~ R. S. Thomas ~
 * 2009
 * On seeing his shadow fall on such ancient rocks, he had to question himself in a different context and ask the same old question as before, "Who am I?", and the answer now came more emphatically than ever before, "No-one."
 * proposed by Kalki

Even to name her? Child, It is not love I offer Your quick limbs, your eyes; Only the barren homage Of an old man whom time Crucifies.'' ~ R. S. Thomas ~
 * 2010
 * ''She is young. Have I the right
 * proposed by Kalki

From my top boughs I can see The footprints that led up to me.'' ~ R. S. Thomas
 * 2011
 * ''I am like a tree,
 * proposed by Zarbon

as my ebb-tide; but let prayer have its springs, too, brimming, disarming him; discovering somewhere among his fissures deposits of mercy where trust may take root and grow.'' ~ R. S. Thomas ~
 * 2012
 * ''Let despair be known
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Perhaps, the 29th being the day on which the last American troops withdrew from South Vietnam, this quote by William Westmoreland, the threatre commander, could be considered:

"It's not that we lost the war militarily. The fact is that we as a nation did not make good our commitment to the South Vietnamese."
 * [Suggestion made at 2007-03-29 03:32:07 (UTC) — the selection for 2007 had already been made at that time.]

 * 1 Kalki 06:58, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 04:43, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Ningauble 17:13, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 21:38, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace. ~ John Tyler
 * 3 Zarbon 22:57, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2.5 Ningauble 17:13, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:07, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:38, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm kind of an accidental instrument, really, through which I hope that the judgment and the will of this nation can be expressed. ~ Eugene McCarthy
 * 3 Zarbon 22:57, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Ningauble 17:13, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:07, 28 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:38, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

''The glove has been thrown to the ground, The last choice of weapons made. A book for one thought. A poem for one line. A line for one word.'' ~ Eugene McCarthy (DoB)
 * 3 Ningauble 17:13, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:07, 28 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:38, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 02:06, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty. ~ Eugene McCarthy (DoB)
 * 2.5 Ningauble 17:13, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:07, 28 March 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:38, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Zarbon 02:06, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

''Oh, Lord, if I must die today, Please make it after Close of Play. For this, I know, if nothing more, I will not go, without the score.'' ~ John Major (DoB)
 * 2.5 Ningauble 17:13, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:07, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:38, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 02:06, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

''He arose, pacing the floor Strewn with books, his mind big with the poem Soon to be born, his nerves tense to endure The long torture of delayed birth. '' ~ R. S. Thomas ~
 * 3 Kalki 19:07, 28 March 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:38, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 02:06, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

title: March 29


text:
April 29

April 29 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it. ~ Muhammad Ali
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason. ~ Jerry Seinfeld (born April 29 1954)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Despite the best that has been done by everyone — the gallant fighting of the military and naval forces, the diligence and assiduity of Our servants of the State, and the devoted service of Our one hundred million people — the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage, while the general trends of the world have all turned against her interest. ~ Hirohito (born 29 April 29 1901)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * I have been in a multitude of shapes, Before I assumed a consistent form. I have been a sword, narrow, variegated, I will believe when it is apparent. I have been a tear in the air, I have been the dullest of stars. I have been a word among letters, I have been a book in the origin. ~ Taliesin ~ (listed as born this date on the WIkipedia date page; traditionally said to have been born just before Beltane — the date of which varies slightly among traditions.)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2008
 * The advance of science is not comparable to the changes of a city, where old edifices are pitilessly torn down to give place to new, but to the continuous evolution of zoologic types which develop ceaselessly and end by becoming unrecognizable to the common sight, but where an expert eye finds always traces of the prior work of the past centuries. ~ Henri Poincaré (born April 29, 1854)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * He who hopes to grow in spirit will have to transcend obedience and respect. He'll hold to some laws but he'll mostly violate both law and custom, and go beyond the established, inadequate norm. ~ Constantine P. Cavafy ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Night has fallen and the barbarians haven't come. And some of our men who have just returned from the border say there are no barbarians any longer. Now what's going to happen to us without barbarians? Those people were a kind of solution. ~ Constantine P. Cavafy (born April 29, 1863)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2011
 * If all the parts of the universe are interchained in a certain measure, any one phenomenon will not be the effect of a single cause, but the resultant of causes infinitely numerous. ~ Henri Poincaré
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2012
 * The Scientist must set in order. Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. ~ Henri Poincaré
 * 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

 * 2020

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2021

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

 * 2022

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

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of International Dance Day 2024.

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
When I consider the dead and their families, I cannot repress my mental agony. ~ Hirohito (born April 29)
 * 2 Zarbon 14:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 19:36, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 04:14, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Ningauble 11:38, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 17:23, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

It goes without saying that it is unbearable for me to see the brave and loyal fighting men of Japan disarmed. It is equally unbearable that others who have rendered me devoted service should now be punished as instigators of the war. Nevertheless, the time has come to bear the unbearable. ~ Hirohito (born April 29)
 * 3 because victory is a camouflage and sometimes true victory is had in admitting to one's defeat. Zarbon 14:47, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 19:36, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 04:14, 28 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3
 * 2 Ningauble 11:38, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 17:23, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

A scientist worthy of the name, above all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same nature. ~ Henri Poincaré
 * 3 Kalki 18:44, 11 September 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 17:23, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

We hold that the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong, that in the exercise thereof people have an inviolable right to express their unbridled thoughts on all topics and personalities, being liable only for the use of that right. ~ William Randolph Hearst (dob)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 15:43, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:16, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

title: April 29