August 13
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Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2003
- As long as I am mayor of this city the great industries are secure. We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, 'That man is a Red, that man is a Communist.' You never hear a real American talk like that. ~ Frank Hague
- 2004
- Humour is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. ~ Romain Gary
- 2005
- I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned. ~ Lucy Stone (born 13 August 1818)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2006
- Make the world better. ~ Lucy Stone (born 13 August 1818)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2007
- The Supreme Ethical Rule: Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thy self. ~ Felix Adler (born 13 August 1851)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2008
- It is our hope, that men in proportion as they grow more enlightened, will learn to hold their theories and their creeds more loosely, and will none the less, nay, rather all the more be devoted to the supreme end of practical righteousness to which all theories and creeds must be kept subservient. ~ Felix Adler
- proposed by Kalki
- 2009
- The question what to believe is perhaps the most momentous that anyone can put to himself. Our beliefs are not to be classed among the luxuries, but among the necessaries of existence. ~ Felix Adler
- proposed by Kalki
- 2010
- Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. ~ Alfred Hitchcock (born 13 August 1899)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2011
- It is the nature of the noble and the good and the wise that they impart to us of their nobility and their goodness and their wisdom while they live, making it natural for us to breathe the air they breathe and giving us confidence in our own untested powers. And the same influence in more ethereal fashion they continue to exert after they are gone. ~ Felix Adler
- proposed by Kalki
- 2012
| I believe in the supreme excellence of righteousness; I believe that the law of righteousness will triumph in the universe over all evil; I believe that in the attempt to fulfil the law of righteousness, however imperfect it must remain, are to be found the inspiration, the consolation, and the sanctification of human existence. |
| ~ Felix Adler ~ |
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- proposed by Kalki
- 2013
- 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.
Suggestions [edit]
Kick the baby! ~ Kyle Broflovski, South Park, debuted that day.
- 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 06:11, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
- 2 AllanHainey 07:50, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
- 0 Kalki 19:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC) Perhaps not entirely unacceptable within the context of satire, but probably a bit over the brink for a quote of the day.
- 0 Zarbon 15:30, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- 0 Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 19:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC) per Kalki.
Too much has already been said and written about "women's sphere". Leave women, then, to find their sphere. ~ Lucy Stone (date of birth)
- 2 ♞☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 19:35, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
3 Kalki 09:09, 11 August 2005 (UTC)but still with a lean toward 3, or even 4 eventually. - 1 Zarbon 15:30, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 19:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
My first wife was a great housekeeper. She kept both houses. ~ David Feherty (Irish-American golf personality, born in August 13, 1958.)
- 3 --Pajicz (talk) 12:32, 8 April 2013 (UTC) Some humor in contrary to all those serious, philosophical quotes.
