June 15
Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2004
- Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. ~ Albert Schweitzer
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow. ~ William McFee (born 15 June 1881)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2006
- Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight. ~ William McFee (born 15 June 1881)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2007
- All that you know is at an end. ~ The "Silver Surfer" in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
- proposed by Kalki
- 2008
- I protect my right to be a Catholic by preserving your right to believe as a Jew, a Protestant, or non-believer, or as anything else you choose. We know that the price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that they might some day force theirs on us. ~ Mario Cuomo
- proposed by Zarbon
- 2009
- The world belongs to the Enthusiast who keeps cool. ~ William McFee (born 15 June 1881)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2010
- There are some men whom a staggering emotional shock, so far from making them mental invalids for life, seems, on the other hand, to awaken, to galvanize, to arouse into an almost incredible activity of soul. ~ William McFee
- proposed by Kalki
- 2011
- When established identities become outworn or unfinished ones threaten to remain incomplete, special crises compel men to wage holy wars, by the crudest means, against those who seem to question or threaten their unsafe ideological bases. ~ Erik Erikson
- 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
Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune. ~ William McFee (born 15 June 1881)
- 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 16:03, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
* 2 Kalki 2005-06-14 14:27:14 (UTC)with a lean toward 4, but would now amend and extend this to: "People don't ever seem to realise that doing what's right's no guarantee against misfortune." — with a VERY strong lean toward 4 for that. - 2 Zarbon 23:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 22:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
I talk and talk and talk, and I haven’t taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week. ~ Mario Cuomo
- 3 because actions speak louder than words. Zarbon 02:54, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 15:33, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 22:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Let's turn inflation over to the post office. That'll slow it down. ~ Morris Udall
- 2 for comedic value. Zarbon 02:54, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 15:33, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 22:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Everything has been said but not everyone has said it. ~ Morris Udall
- 2 Zarbon 02:54, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 15:33, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
- 0. This quote is unsourced. When I tried to source it, I came up with several variants and several people to whom it was attributed. Perhaps it would be better, then, to pass on this one for now.
London is always beautiful to those who love and understand that extraordinary microcosm; but at five of a summer morning there is about her an exquisite quality of youthful fragrance and debonair freshness which goes to the heart. ~ William McFee
- 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 16:03, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
There is nothing like an odor to stir memories. ~ William McFee
- 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 16:03, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on. ~ William McFee
- 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 16:03, 11 June 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
Someday, maybe, there will exist a well-informed, well considered and yet fervent public conviction that the most deadly of all possible sins is the mutilation of a child’s spirit; for such mutilation undercuts the life principle of trust, without which every human act, may it feel ever so good and seem ever so right is prone to perversion by destructive forms of conscientiousness. ~ Erik Erikson
- 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 12:21, 11 June 2011 (UTC) with a slight lean toward 4.
