July 27

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Quotes of the day from previous years:

2003
I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. ~ Paul Wolfowitz
2004
When I was a kid my parents used to tell me: "Don't go near the cellar door, Emo!" One day when they were away, I went to the door and opened it... and I saw birds and trees... ~ Emo Philips
2005
From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends, There's nothing worth the wear of winning, But laughter and the love of friends. ~ Hilaire Belloc (born 27 July 1870)
2006
In soft deluding lies let fools delight. A shadow marks our days, which end in Night. ~ Hilaire Belloc
2007
A heart, a heart that hurts, is a heart, a heart that works. ~ Juliana Hatfield (born 27 July 1967)
2008
It was my shame, and now it is my boast, That I have loved you rather more than most. ~ Hilaire Belloc
2009
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. ~ Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
2010
I've been sleeping through my life
Now I'm waking up
And I want to stand in the sunshine
I have never been ecstatic
Had a flower but it never bloomed
In the darkness of my wasted youth
It was hiding in the shadows
Learning to become invisible
Uncover me.

~ Juliana Hatfield ~

2011
I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. ~ Hilaire Belloc
2012
Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army!
~ Hilaire Belloc ~
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]

Hello Fry, I am...[stops mid-sentence, throws multi-sided dice]...pleased to meet you" (Gary Gygax, born that day, voicing himself on Futurama)

  • 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 10:02, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • 1 121a0012 June 28, 2005 02:36 (UTC) (I've never seen a single-sided die.)
  • 1 because there are hundreds if not thousands of better Futurama quotes. Zarbon 14:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
  • 1 Kalki 22:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Quamquam haec severa matromonia. -- Tacitus

  • However there the marriage is serious
  • 3 Aphaia (very personal preference, this day is our marriage day ;-)
  • 1 Zarbon 14:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game. ~ Gary Gygax

The books I write because I want to read them, the games because I want to play them, and stories I tell because I find them exciting personally. ~ Gary Gygax

Of courtesy it is much less than courage of heart or holiness, yet in my walks it seems to me that the Grace of God is in courtesy. ~ Hilaire Belloc (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 19:52, 26 July 2005 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
  • 2 Zarbon 14:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
  • 3 InvisibleSun 23:15, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh! once the harp of Innisfail
Was strung full high to notes of gladness;
But yet it often told a tale
Of more prevailing sadness. ~ Thomas Campbell

By torch and trumpet fast arrayed,
Each horseman drew his battle blade,
And furious every charger neighed
To join the dreadful revelry.

Then shook the hills with thunder riven,
Then rushed the steed to battle driven,
And louder than the bolts of heaven
Far flashed the red artillery.
~ Thomas Campbell ~

  • 2 Kalki 22:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3
  • 2 Zarbon 18:25, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

The combat deepens. On, ye brave,
Who rush to glory, or the grave!
~ Thomas Campbell ~

  • 2 Kalki 22:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3, or eventual 4
  • 2 InvisibleSun 23:15, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
  • 2 Zarbon 18:25, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

There was silence deep as death,
And the boldest held his breath,
For a time.
~ Thomas Campbell ~

  • 2 Kalki 22:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3
  • 2 InvisibleSun 23:15, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
  • 2 Zarbon 18:25, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Anchorites used to ill-treat themselves in the way they did, so that the common people would not begrudge them the beatitude they would enjoy in heaven. ~ Cesare Pavese

  • 3 Suffering, goodness and heaven, important themes in Pavese; and witty. Nemo 14:07, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
  • 2 ♞☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 21:35, 6 July 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
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