September 7
Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2004
- Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. ~ Edith Sitwell (born 7 September 1887)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2006
- Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd. ~ Edith Sitwell (born 7 September 1887)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2007
- Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?. ~ Edith Sitwell
- proposed by Kalki
- 2008
- The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace. ~ Nikita Khrushchev
- proposed by MosheZadka
- 2009
- I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday, as I have thought of it, as I remember all the things from childhood on through the years, good ones, and unpleasant ones, that is how they come out and that is how we have to take them.
I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it. I was happy and contented, I knew nothing better and made the best out of what life offered. And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. ~ Grandma Moses- proposed by Kalki
- 2010
- As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality. It should make our days holy to us. The poet should speak to all men, for a moment, of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten. ~ Edith Sitwell
- proposed by Kalki
- 2011
- It is a part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees. ~ Edith Sitwell
- proposed by Kalki
- 2012
- Rank or add further suggestions…
Ranking system:
- 4 : Excellent - should definitely be used.
- 3 : Very Good - strong desire to see it used.
- 2 : Good - some desire to see it used.
- 1 : Acceptable - but with no particular desire to see it used.
- 0 : Not acceptable - not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.
[edit] Suggestions
Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths. ~ Elizabeth I of England (date of birth)
God may forgive you, but I never can. ~ Elizabeth I of England (date of birth)
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself. ~ Edith Sitwell (date of birth)
A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government. ~ Taylor Caldwell
I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live. ~ Grandma Moses
My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life. ~ Edith Sitwell
- 3 Kalki 15:58, 6 September 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 1 and lean toward 2. - Zarbon 04:23, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Within your magic web of hair, lies furled
The fire and splendour of the ancient world;
The dire gold of the comet's wind-blown hair;
The songs that turned to gold the evening air
When all the stars of heaven sang for joy.
~ Edith Sitwell
