Quotes of the day
from previous years:
- 2004
- The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit; for like as herbs and trees bring forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds. For it giveth unto all lovers courage, that lusty month of May. ~
Sir Thomas Malory
- 2005
- "DON'T PANIC"
~
Douglas Adams
in
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- 2006
- I react pragmatically. Where the market works, I'm for that. Where the government is necessary, I'm for that. I'm deeply suspicious of somebody who says, "I'm in favor of privatization," or, "I'm deeply in favor of public ownership." I'm in favor of whatever works in the particular case. ~
John Kenneth Galbraith
(recent death)
- 2007
- A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes that there is no virtue but on his own side, and that there are not men as honest as himself who may differ from him in political principles. ~
Joseph Addison
(born 1 May 1672)
- 2008
- What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul. ~
Joseph Addison
- 2009
- When an angel by divine command
With rising tempests shakes a guilty land,
Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past,
Calm and serene he drives the furious blast;
And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform,
Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
~
Joseph Addison
~
- 2010
- Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly. ~
Joseph Addison
- 2011
- I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality. ~
Joseph Addison
- 2012
- Since once again,
O Lord
, in the steppes of Asia, I have no bread, no
wine
, no altar, I will raise myself above those
symbols
to the
pure
majesty
of
reality
, and I will offer to you, I, your priest, upon the altar of the entire
earth
, the
labor
and the
suffering
of the
world
. ~
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- 2013
- 2014
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
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~
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
~
|
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
There was only one catch and that was
Catch-22
, which specified that a
concern
for one's own safety in the face of
dangers
that were
real
and immediate was the process of a
rational
mind. Orr was
crazy
and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and
sane
if he didn't, but if he was sane, he had to fly them. If he flew them, he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to, he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the
absolute
simplicity
of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
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~
Joseph Heller
~
in
~
Catch-22
~
|
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
We are doing everything to return normal
life
to the de-occupied part of our
Ukraine
. … Of course, there is still a lot of work ahead. The occupiers are still on our land and still do not recognize the apparent failure of
their so-called operation
. We still need to fight and direct all efforts to drive the occupiers out. And we will do it. Ukraine will be
free
. … The Ukrainian flag will return wherever it should be by right.
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~
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
~
|
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
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Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:
- The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. ~
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance. ~
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. ~
Joseph Addison
Anonymous
- 3
Kalki
14:00, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
with a strong lean toward 4.
but this seems to be an anonymous proverb, and thus not attributed to Addison.
- 3
InvisibleSun
18:22, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
- 3
Aphaia
19:24, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
- 2
Zarbon
04:50, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world. ~
Joseph Addison
- 3
Kalki
14:00, 30 April 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 3
InvisibleSun
18:22, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
- 3
Aphaia
19:24, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
- 1
Zarbon
04:50, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait,
And from your judgment must expect my fate.
~
Joseph Addison
(born May 1, 1672)
- 3 because as the main agenda of Greek philosophy has always been, one can not escape from one's own fate, especially when one does not know one's own fate to begin with. Beautiful.
Zarbon
15:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2
InvisibleSun
20:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2
Kalki
20:38, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable. ~
Joseph Addison
(born May 1, 1672)
- 2 because sometimes it is truly hard to reply to a woman of sheer beauty.
Zarbon
15:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2
InvisibleSun
20:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2
Kalki
20:38, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour.
~
Joseph Addison
(born May 1, 1672)
- 4 because dying is nothing compared to destroying or tainting one's honor, and moreso reputation.
Zarbon
15:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3
InvisibleSun
20:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2
Kalki
20:38, 30 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3 ? but this can be interpreted with both noble and ignoble senses of the word "honour"
How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!
~
Joseph Addison
(born May 1, 1672)
- 3 because true virtue and loyalty comes from service to one's country.
Zarbon
15:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3
InvisibleSun
20:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2
Kalki
20:38, 30 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise,
Because it is our duty.
~
Joseph Addison
(born May 1, 1672)
- 3 because this is very true. It is a gift in itself to do one's duty, and rightly so.
Zarbon
15:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3
InvisibleSun
20:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2
Kalki
20:38, 30 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.
~
Joseph Addison
(born May 1, 1672)
- 3 because in some instances, everything flashes before one's eyes, life and death alike, before the end. The comparison of bane and suffering to that of life and the antidote expressed in the form of death is also magnificent.
Zarbon
15:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3
InvisibleSun
20:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2
Kalki
20:38, 30 April 2009 (UTC) but could use more context.
My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. ~
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- 3 and lean toward 4.
Zarbon
22:55, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3
InvisibleSun
23:02, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2
Kalki
23:53, 30 April 2009 (UTC) I would rank this higher, but the last part of it was already used, on
18 June
2008
I believe I forgot to tell you I was made a Duke. ~
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake. ~
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- 3 and lean toward 4.
Zarbon
22:55, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2
InvisibleSun
23:02, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2
Kalki
23:53, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
The only wisdom I think I've attained is the wisdom to be skeptical of other people's ideology and other people's arguments. I tend to be a skeptic, I don't like dogmatic approaches by anybody. I don't like intolerance and a dogmatic person is intolerant of other people. It's one of the reasons I keep a distance from all religious beliefs. ~
Joseph Heller
Morale was deteriorating and it was all Yossarian's fault. The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional
rights
of
freedom
and
independence
by daring to exercise them. ~
Joseph Heller
- 3
?
?
?
??
Kalki
?
??
⊙
?
?
?
06:15, 1 May 2013 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
"Reason conquers all." (
Ratio omnia vincit.
) ~
Marcus Manilius
- 3 (May 1 will be 2014's
National Day of Reason
.)
DanielTom
(
talk
) 11:47, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
- 3
?
?
?
??
Kalki
?
??
⊙
?
?
?
12:12, 7 January 2014 (UTC) but with slight lean toward 2 ? Reason is valuable ? but reliances upon one's own impressions in its name is often just as blinding as those in name of passion. To see beyond names and passions often requires more than the shallowest forms of reason ? which all too often people believe suffices.
“
Catch-22
,” the old woman repeated, rocking her head up and down. “Catch-22. Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can’t stop them from doing.”
“What the hell are you talking about?” Yossarian shouted at her in bewildered, furious protest. “How did you know it was Catch-22? Who the hell told you it was Catch-22?”
“The soldiers with the hard white hats and clubs. The girls were crying. ‘Did we do anything wrong?’ they said. The men said no and pushed them away out the door with the ends of their clubs. ‘Then why are you chasing us out?’ the girls said. ‘Catch-22,’ the men said. ‘What right do you have?’ the girls said. ‘Catch-22,’ the men said. All they kept saying was ‘Catch-22, Catch-22.’ What does it mean, Catch-22? What is Catch-22?”
“Didn’t they show it to you?” Yossarian demanded, stamping about in anger and distress. “Didn’t you even make them read it?”
"They don’t have to show us Catch-22,” the old woman answered. “The
law
says they don’t have to.”
“What law says they don’t have to?”
“Catch-22.”
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~
Joseph Heller
~
in
~
Catch-22
~
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- 3
?
?
?
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Kalki
?
??
⊙
?
?
?
01:33, 1 May 2017 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- We cannot help but believe that were every
law
, every title deed, every court, and every police officer or soldier abolished tomorrow with one sweep, we would be better off than now. ~
Lucy Parsons
Capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism; it’s exploitation. ~
Joe Biden
- Traverse not the globe for lore! The sternest
But the surest teacher is the heart;
Studying that and that alone, thou learnest
Best and soonest whence and what thou art. ...
Moor, Chinese, Egyptian, Russian, Roman,
Tread one common down-hill path of doom;
Everywhere the names are man and woman,
Everywhere the old sad sins find room.
Evil angels tempt us in all places.
What but sands or snows hath earth to give?
Dream not, friend, of deserts and oases;
But look inwards, and begin to live. ~
James Clarence Mangan
(dob)