Quotes of the day
from previous years:
- 2004
- As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher. ~
Giacomo Casanova
- 2005
- If we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason ? for then we would know the mind of God. ~
Stephen Hawking
- 2006
- A comedian does funny things. A good comedian does things funny. ~
Buster Keaton
(born 4 October 1895)
- 2007
- Personally I do not resort to force ? not even the force of law ? to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all the influence of example ? of fashion. ~
Rutherford B. Hayes
(born 4 October 1822)
- 2008
- The quicker humanity advances, the more important it is to be the one who deals the first blow. ~
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
(born 4 October 1903)
- 2009
- The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital. Hundreds of laws of Congress and the state legislatures are in the interest of these men and against the interests of workingmen. These need to be exposed and repealed. All laws on corporations, on taxation, on trusts, wills, descent, and the like, need examination and extensive change. This is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people no longer. It is a government of corporations, by corporations, and for corporations. ? How is this? ~
Rutherford B. Hayes
- 2010
- Disunion and civil war are at hand; and yet I fear disunion and war less than compromise. We can recover from them. The free States alone, if we must go on alone, will make a glorious nation. ~
Rutherford B. Hayes
- 2011
- The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth.. ~
Rutherford B. Hayes
- 2012
For
honest
merit
to
succeed
amid the tricks and intrigues which are now so lamentably common, I know is difficult; but the
honor
of
success
is increased by the obstacles which are to be surmounted. Let me triumph as a
man
or not at all.
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~
Rutherford B. Hayes
~
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- 2013
General
education
is the best preventive of the
evils
now most dreaded. In the
civilized
countries of the
world
, the question is how to distribute most generally and equally the
property
of the world. As a
rule
, where education is most general the distribution of property is most general.... As
knowledge
spreads,
wealth
spreads. To diffuse knowledge is to diffuse wealth. To give all an
equal
chance
to acquire knowledge is the best and surest way to give all an equal chance to acquire property.
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~
Rutherford B. Hayes
~
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- 2014
Buster
survives
tornados
, waterfalls, avalanches of boulders, and falls from
great
heights, and never pauses to take a bow: He has his
eye
on his
goal
. And his movies, seen as a group, are like a sustained act of
optimism
in the face of
adversity
; surprising, how without asking, he earns our
admiration
and tenderness.
Because he was
funny
, because he wore a porkpie hat, Keaton's physical
skills
are often undervalued … no silent star did more
dangerous
stunts than Buster Keaton. Instead of using doubles, he himself doubled for his
actors
, doing their stunts as well as his own.
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~
Roger Ebert
~
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- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
Yeah, it's over before you
know
it.
It
all
goes by so fast.
And
bad
nights
last forever
And the
good
nights don't ever seem to last.
And man, we never had the
real
thing,
But sometimes we used to
kiss
Back when we didn't
understand
What we were caught up in.
Wherever you are tonight
I
wish
you the best of everything, in the
world
,
And I
hope
you found
Whatever you were looking for.
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~
Tom Petty
~
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- proposed by
Kalki
in regard to his recent death.
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
I have a
talent
for
silence
and
brevity
. I can keep silent when it seems best to do so, and when I
speak
I can, and do usually, quit when I am done. This talent, or these two talents, I have cultivated. Silence and concise, brief speaking have got me some laurels, and, I
suspect
, lost me some. No odds. Do what is
natural
to you, and you are sure to get all the
recognition
you are entitled to.
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~
Rutherford B. Hayes
~
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- 2021
- 2022
With the devastation caused by
Hurricane Ian
in
Florida
… I’ve directed that every possible
action
be taken to save
lives
and get
help
to
survivors
, because every single minute counts.
It’s not just a
crisis
for Florida. This is an American crisis. We’re all in this together.
And I’ve spoken to
Governor DeSantis
on multiple occasions, as well this morning, as well as mayors and county officials ? both
Republican
and
Democrat
? from the places most affected. And I spoke with
Governor McMaster
of
South Carolina
this morning as well. … We’re just beginning to see the scale of that
destruction
. It’s likely to rank among the worst … in the nation’s history. … It’s going to take
months
,
years
to rebuild. … I just want the people of Florida to know we see what you’re going through, and we’re with you. We’re going to do everything we can for you. … I’m grateful for the brave women and men ? federal, state, and local folks working so hard. They’re all working as one team. … I have immense
gratitude
for the first responders and the emergency crews who always show up no matter what.
At times like these, Americans come together. They put aside
politics
, they put aside division, and we come together to help each other. … That’s America. That’s who we are. We’re going to keep doing everything we can, and we’ll do it as the
United States of America
.
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~
Joe Biden
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- 2023
- 2024
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Buster Keaton
There is no human law or law of God or national law that states that any healthy being has to permit the snake to eat the mouse - but on the other hand, it is perfectly justified to defend the mouse. ~
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
(born October 4)
- 4 because the underdog will always be protected by law and this is a great description of that defense, beautifully and morally personified by the snake and the mouse.
Zarbon
05:50, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
- SOURCE:
The Nuremberg Interviews By Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - Page 151
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Kalki
21:55, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
* 2
Kalki
19:14, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
the quote itself is acceptable, but I am not sure of the context in which Kaltenrunner is using this assertion, and feel uneasy giving it anything more than a 1 until I know more about this.
- The assertion is a response to someone asking him whether mankind stands up for itself, and his response to that is that mankind stands up for the underdog, and interprets the phrase beautifully with the mouse and snake as a personification. -
Zarbon
22:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
- I remain disinclined to rank this any higher than I currently have, which is the highest you have ranked any other suggestion on this date, most of which I consider to have far more merit. I actually used your previous suggestion by Kaltenbrunner last year, despite my severe distaste for him. In relation to some of the points of this quote, I would say that sometimes the underdogs are worthy in many ways which make them worth supporting, or at least wishing well, but sometimes the underdog is rightfully the underdog, and remains so, especially when there is plainly a will to to unjustly oppress others, deceive them or confuse them.
I don't actually rely on even the best of "over-dogs" being continually magnanimous, or even fair, but sometimes it is far better that some of the less than perfect ones remain so, than that they be in any way defeated or replaced by some of the severely deluded and demented underdogs who lust to be as brutal as they desire to be. ~
Kalki
00:55, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
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InvisibleSun
23:14, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
- 2 I am all for it as long as the talk is only of something looking "justified" or not -- wallow in sentimentality for all I care. But I am against Law entering the issue.
N6n
14:45, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Buster Keaton
… will be around forever, because it's unlikely that human beings will ever go out-of-date the way special effects do.
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Anthony Puccinelli
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Watch his mind as it contemplates a hostile universe whose violent whims
Buster
understands, withstands and, miraculously, tames. Watch his camera taking his picture (Keaton directed or supervised all his best films); it is as cool as the star it captured in its glass... The medium was still in its infancy; comics were pioneering the craft of making people laugh at moving images. Keaton, it turns out, knew it all ? intuitively.
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Richard Corliss
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