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We are still developing the new procedures for selecting quotes of the day. This page is for quote of the day proposals specifically for dates in the month of October, and quotes proposed should ideally have some relation to the day, or persons born on it, though sometimes exceptions can be made for quotes that relate to notable current events. Developing ideas of people or works to quote on specific days can be explored through the Wikipedia page: List of historical anniversaries.

Ranking system:

4 : Excellent - should definitely be used. (Perhaps, at most, only one quote per day should be ranked thus by any user, as to avoid confusions)
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.
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2005 : War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children. ~ Jimmy Carter (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 23:09, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
  • 4 Cornell35 10:01, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
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2005 : There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone. ~ Rod Serling in The Twilight Zone - The first episode of The Twilight Zone, "Where is Everybody?" aired on this date (2 October 1959)

  • 3 Kalki 23:09, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
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I’m an optimist. In order to be libertarian, you have to be an optimist. You have to have a benign view of human nature, to believe that human beings left to their own devices are basically good. But I’m not so sure about human institutions, and I think the real point of argument here is whether or not large corporations are human institutions or some other entity we need to be thinking about curtailing. Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need to be worrying about business in exactly the same way we are worrying about government. ~ John Perry Barlow (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 23:09, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

TV in America created the most coherent reality distortion field that I’ve ever seen. Therein is the problem: People who vote watch TV, and they are hallucinating like a sonofabitch. Basically, what we have in this country is government by hallucinating mob. ~ John Perry Barlow (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 23:09, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

2005 : Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual rule set. I have yet to hear anyone say something that seemed likely to mitigate the idiocy of this age. ~ John Perry Barlow (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 23:09, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
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2005 : "If we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason — for then we would know the mind of God." ~ Stephen Hawking (proposed by Inhuman14 with bracketed comments: "If We do discover a complete [unified] theory [of the universe], it should be understandable in broad principle by everyone..."

  • 3 Kalki 22:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC) The person who proposed this gave it no ranking and no rationale relating it to the date. I was disposed to look for something more obviously pertinent, but since this year the date marks the start of both Ramadan and Rosh Hashanah as well as it being the Feast day of the notable figure St Francis, I think it can serve as a non-sectarian quotation that is obliquely relevant to many religious as well as secular matters. I am using the quote without bracketed explanations though. I generally prefer to avoid brackets within quotes whenever possible, and even feel a bit uncomfortable when they are used to correct what seems to be obvious errors in a transcription, let alone when they are added for plainly interpretative or explanatory use within quotes — I much prefer to make any necessary or useful remarks in the comments section after a quote.
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There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint. ~ Denis Diderot (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:33, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

The philosopher forms his principles on an infinity of particular observations. He does not confuse truth with plausibility; he takes for truth what is true, for forgery what is false, for doubtful what is doubtful, and probable what is probable. The philosophical spirit is thus a spirit of observation and accuracy. ~ Denis Diderot (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:33, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not. ~ Václav Havel (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility. ~ Václav Havel (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC) Fits in well with Hawking quote used for the 4th.

2005 : Politicians at international forums may reiterate a thousand times that the basis of the new world order must be universal respect for human rights, but it will mean nothing as long as this imperative does not derive from the respect of the miracle of Being, the miracle of the universe, the miracle of nature, the miracle of our own existence. ~ Václav Havel (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 22:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC) Fits in well with the Hawking quote used for the 4th.
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2005 :
Old age hath yet his honor and his toil.
Death closes all; but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with gods. ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson ~ (date of death)

  • 3 Kalki 22:28, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
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"Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore.'" Edgar Allan Poe (Death date)

  • 3 Kalki 23:31, 6 October 2005 (UTC) This was suggested without a ranking by Inhuman14. When good quotes by someone have been found, I generally prefer to to use them on birth dates rather than death dates, though Poe's death date seems one good case for an exception. Though I have some desire to see this used, as it does refer to the act of quotation, there are many other passages of Poe I would prefer, including "Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?" - even though this is very similar to another line from the same poem that has already been used.

It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about nature. ~ Niels Bohr (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:28, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
  • "I'll be back." ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger (became governor that day)
  • 4 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 23:09, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
  • 2 ~ Kalki 23:31, 6 October 2005 (UTC) I think this could be used in some context in the future, but don't feel an urgency to use it at this time... I'm sure it will be back...

When I was on my way to the podium a gentleman stopped me and said I was as good a politician as I was an actor. What a cheap shot. ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger (became governor that day)

  • 3 Kalki 23:31, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. ~ Niels Bohr (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 22:28, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
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Does the prophet see the future or does he see a line of weakness, a fault or cleavage that he may shatter with words or decisions as a diamond-cutter shatters his gem with a blow of a knife? ~ Frank Herbert in Dune (date of Herbert's birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:28, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Muad'Dib could indeed, see the Future, but you must understand the limits of this power. Think of sight. You have eyes, yet cannot see without light. If you are on the floor of a valley, you cannot see beyond your valley. Just so, Muad'Dib could not always choose to look across the mysterious terrain. He tells us that a single obscure decision of prophecy, perhaps the choice of one word over another, could change the entire aspect of the future. ~ Frank Herbert in Dune (date of Herbert's birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:28, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

The sequential nature of actual events is not illuminated with lengthy precision by the powers of prescience except under the most extraordinary circumstances. The oracle grasps incidents cut out of the historic chain. Eternity moves. It inflicts itself upon the oracle and the supplicant alike. Let Muad'dib's subjects doubt his majesty and his oracular visions. Let them deny his powers. Let them never doubt Eternity. ~ Frank Herbert in Dune Messiah (date of Herbert's birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:28, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : Much that was called religion has carried an unconscious attitude of hostility toward life. True religion must teach that life is filled with joys pleasing to the eye of God, that knowledge without action is empty. All men must see that the teaching of religion by rules and rote is largely a hoax. The proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you've always known. ~ Frank Herbert in Dune (date of Herbert's birth)

  • 4 Kalki 22:28, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
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  • "We're more popular than Jesus now" ~ John Lennon (date of birth)
  • 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 23:14, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
  • 2 ~ Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC) A famous quote, but one that Lennon himself stated was readily taken the wrong way by many people.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. ~ John Lennon (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one; I hope some day you'll join us, and the world will live as one. ~ John Lennon (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : I think the ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize that we are all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the human race and not to one particular color or border. ~ Mohamed ElBaradei

  • 4 ~ Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC) Nobel Peace Prize winner of 2005


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  • "I would like to make the point that we cannot undo the past but we can learn from it, and we cannot predict the future but we can shape and build it." ~ Epeli Ganilau (date of birth)
  • 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 23:20, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others cannot grasp. ~ Ed Wood
 (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC) memorable line from the director of Plan 9 from Outer Space

2005 : The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity — love. And the story of a love is not important — what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity. ~ Helen Hayes
 (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (date of birth)

  • 2 (the safe choice) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 23:27, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
  • 2 ~ Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC) a bit overused by many people... and often arguably untrue, or irrelevant.

2005 : You always fall when you’re training, that’s sort of part of the process. If you’re not falling, you’re not training hard enough. ~ Michelle Trachtenberg
First suggested as: "If you’re not falling, you’re not training hard enough." ~ Michelle Trachtenberg (date of birth)

  • 3 (the young&hip choice) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 23:27, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
  • 3 Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC) , but since this is pretty close to standard catch-phrases among athletes I would expand it to a more distinctive : "You always fall when you’re training, that’s sort of part of the process. If you’re not falling, you’re not training hard enough." ~ Michelle Trachtenberg
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2005 : Tragedy blows through your life like a tornado, uprooting everything, creating chaos. You wait for the dust to settle, and then you choose. You can live in the wreckage and pretend it's still the mansion you remember. Or you can crawl from the rubble and slowly rebuild. ~ Kristen Bell, as Veronica Mars, Season 1, Episode 3 Meet John Smith (shown that day)

    • 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 06:41, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
    • 3 ~ Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC) A good quote, even if the significance of the date-linkage might be rather tenuous...
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2005 : Forgive us the breach of positive commands and negative commands, whether or not they involve an act, whether or not they are known to us. ~ Liturgy for Yom Kippur (begins the night of the 12th)

  • 3 Kalki 22:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
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  • "Let's bounce, Tigger!" ~ Roo, on Winnie the Pooh (date of publication)
  • 2 (if anyone added more fun quotes to the article, I'd probably vote for them) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 23:30, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Love is indeed Heaven upon Earth; since Heaven above would not be Heaven without it: For where there is not Love; there is Fear: But perfect Love casts out Fear. ~ William Penn (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Behold the Fruits of Love; the Power, Vertue, Benefit and Beauty of Love! Love is above all; and when it prevails in us all, we shall all be Lovely, and in Love with God and one with another. (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

It were better to be of no Church, than to be bitter for any. . ~ William Penn (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

True religion does not draw men out of the world but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it. ~ William Penn (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its stupidity. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

All of us have heard this term 'preventative war' since the earliest days of Hitler. I recall that is about the first time I heard it. In this day and time... I don't believe there is such a thing; and, frankly, I wouldn't even listen to anyone seriously that came in and talked about such a thing. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves. ~ Katherine Mansfield (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change of attitude. ~ Katherine Mansfield (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. ~ Katherine Mansfield (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be. ~ Katherine Mansfield (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Time's a strange fellow; more he gives than takes (and he takes all) ~ E. E. Cummings (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

The whole truth… sings only —and all lovers are the song ~ E. E. Cummings (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

no evil is so worse than worst you fall in hate with love ~ E. E. Cummings (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : love is the every only god ~ E. E. Cummings (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 22:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
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  • "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (date of birth)
  • 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 23:34, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Struck out because it was used ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
  • One of my personal favorites by Nietzsche, but already used in October of 2003 ~ Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
  • "God is dead! God stays dead! And we killed him. "~ Friedrich Nietzsche (date of birth)
  • 3 (Another famous [or infamous] quote) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

So long as thou feelest the stars as an "above thee," thou lackest the eye of the discerning one. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 23:59, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

The secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is – to live dangerously! ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 23:59, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : Behold the believers of all beliefs! Whom do they hate most? Him who breaketh up their tables of values, the breaker, the law-breaker — he, however, is the creator. Companions, the creator seeketh, not corpses — and not herds or believers either. Fellow-creators the creator seeketh — those who grave new values on new tables. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 23:59, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
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  • "As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular." ~ Oscar Wilde (date of birth)
  • 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 23:38, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Struck out because it was used. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:28, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
  • This one has been used in August of 2004 ~ Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. ~ Oscar Wilde (date of birth)

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Superman! Champion of the oppressed. The physical marvel who had sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need. ~ Jerry Siegel (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 18:58, 16 October 2005 (UTC) The first introduction of "Superman"

Your name is Kal-El. You are the only survivor of the planet Krypton. Even though you've been raised as a human, you are not one of them. You have great powers, only some of which you have as yet discovered. ~ Marlon Brando as "Jor-El" in Superman: The Movie

  • 3 Kalki 18:58, 16 October 2005 (UTC) Lines from one of the more famous renditions of the Superman stories.

You will carry me inside you all the days of your life. You will make my strength your own, and see my life through your own eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father, and the father the son. This is all I can send you, Kal-El. ~ Marlon Brando as "Jor-El" in Superman: The Movie

  • 3 Kalki 18:58, 16 October 2005 (UTC) Lines from one of the more famous renditions of the Superman stories.

2005 : Live as one of them, Kal-El, to discover where your strength and your power are needed. Always hold in your heart the pride of your special heritage. They can be a great people, Kal-El — they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. ~ Marlon Brando as "Jor-El" in Superman: The Movie

  • 4 Kalki 18:58, 16 October 2005 (UTC) Lines from one of the more famous renditions of the Superman stories.
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2005 : We take the position that there is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation. ~ Pierre Trudeau (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:28, 5 October 2005 (UTC) - this was suggested last month by IP 65.110.28.95 - I mentioned then that I would prefer to use it on this date.
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  • "We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another." ~ Jonathan Swift, died that day
  • 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 22:47, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Struck out because it was used ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:32, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Another good one, but already used in September of 2004 ~ Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
  • "A young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled" ~ Jonathan Swift, died that day
  • 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:32, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
  • 2 ~ Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC) Great quote in context... but with this alone too many people might not recognize that it comes from his famous satire "A Modest Proposal"

He gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. ~ Jonathan Swift

  • 3 Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC) (but I would prefer to use this on Swift's birthday, or some other occasion)

I am at a stage in my life — now quite late — where I am completely reconciled to what I am as a writer. I know what I can and can't do. I love writing. I feel it is my best time. But I still feel, as I think most creative people do, absolutely isolated.~ John le Carré (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.~ John le Carré (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought. In every crisis, the issues have been far more complex than the public has been allowed to know. ~ John le Carré (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another. ~ John le Carré (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

I intend no Monopoly but a Community in Learning: I study not for my own sake only, but for theirs that study not for themselves. ~ Thomas Browne (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

There is surely a piece of divinity within us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun. ~ Thomas Browne (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the Grave. Solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre. Nor ommiting Ceremonies of Bravery in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible Sun within us. ~ Thomas Browne (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development. ~ Lewis Mumford (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, "This man was an absolute fool. None of the disastrous things that he reluctantly predicted ever came to pass!". ~ Lewis Mumford (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

The cycle of the machine is now coming to an end. Man has learned much in the hard discipline and the shrewd, unflinching grasp of practical possibilities that the machine has provided in the last three centuries: but we can no more continue to live in the world of the machine than we could live successfully on the barren surface of the moon.. ~ Lewis Mumford (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past. ~ Lewis Mumford (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 22:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
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  • "We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster." ~ The Six Million Dollar Man (premiered that day)
  • 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:07, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around
and I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
gonna stand my ground and I won't back down. ~ Tom Petty ~ (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 20:23, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing.
~ Tom Petty ~ (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 20:23, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
  • We're overdue for a dream come true. ~ Tom Petty (date of birth)
  • 3 Kalki 20:23, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : I think for it to be unhip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me had some sense of hope in them. ~ Tom Petty (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 20:23, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
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2005 : Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ~ Thomas Alva Edison

  • First suggested in the form: "Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration." ~ Thomas Alva Edison (tested first practical lightbulb that day)
  • 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:13, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
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  • "My advice to people today is as follows: If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out." ~ Timothy Leary
  • 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:17, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Think for yourself and question authority. ~ Timothy Leary (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 23:58, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind. ~ Timothy Leary (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 23:58, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : I am 100 percent in favor of the intelligent use of drugs, and 1,000 percent against the thoughtless use of them, whether caffeine or LSD. And drugs are not central to my life. ~ Timothy Leary (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 23:58, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
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I am certain there is too much certainty in the world. ~ Michael Crichton (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 23:36, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, no hypothesis or theory can ever be proven. When we say that we believe a theory, what we really mean is that we are unable to show that the theory is wrong — not that we are able to show, beyond doubt, that the theory is right. ~ Michael Crichton (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 23:36, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Science is a kind of glorified tailoring enterprise, a method for taking measurements that describe something — reality — that may not be understood at all. ~ Michael Crichton (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 23:36, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : Reality is always greater — much greater — than what we know, than whatever we can say about it. ~ Michael Crichton (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 23:36, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
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The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well. ~ Horace Walpole (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 19:58, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

The best philosophy is to do one's duties, to take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot, and bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is. ~ Horace Walpole (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 19:58, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel. ~ Horace Walpole (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 19:58, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
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Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of death
Rode the six hundred.
~ Alfred Tennyson ~

  • 3 Kalki 19:13, 24 October 2005 (UTC) The Charge of the Light Brigade occurred on this date.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
~ Alfred Tennyson ~

  • 3 Kalki 19:13, 24 October 2005 (UTC) The Charge of the Light Brigade occurred on this date.

Half the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need. ~ Richard E. Byrd (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 19:13, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes that he is no longer indispensable. ~ Richard E. Byrd (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 19:13, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used. ~ Richard E. Byrd (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 19:13, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
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"Andrew Wiles gently smiles,
Does his thing, and voila!
Q.E.D., we agree,
And we all shout hurrah!
As he confirms what Fermat
Jotted down in that margin,
Which could've used some enlargin'." ~ Tom Lehrer in That's Mathematics (Fermat's Last Theorem proof published that day)

Have I been blind, have I been lost, inside myself and my own mind; hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen? ~ Natalie Merchant (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 20:51, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Contempt loves the silence
it thrives in the dark
with fine winding tendrils
that strangle the heart.
~ Natalie Merchant ~ (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 20:51, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Who will draw the calvary in
risk his very own precious skin
to make our Angelinia a free and peaceful land again?
~ Natalie Merchant ~ (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 20:51, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : I know that it will hurt, I know that it will break your heart, the way things are, and the way they've been. Don't spread the discontent, don't spread the lies, don't make the same mistakes with your own life. ~ Natalie Merchant (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 20:51, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
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"When you meet the head of state in Great Britain, you only have to go down on one knee." ~ John Cleese, born that day

"I have always been fond of the West African proverb 'Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.'" ~ Theodore Roosevelt, born that day

  • 2 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:47, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
  • 3 ~ Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC) but would prefer something else this year, as the major portion of this was just recently used last month (September 2005).

"No man is justified in doing evil on the grounds of expediency." ~ Theodore Roosevelt, born that day

  • 3 even if it's a little corny ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:34, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
  • 3 ~ Kalki 20:59, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
  • "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country." - Theodore Roosevelt
  • 3 AllanHainey 09:48, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
  • 3 ~ Kalki 20:59, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat. ~ Theodore Roosevelt

  • 4 AllanHainey 09:48, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
  • 3 ~ Kalki 20:59, 25 October 2005 (UTC) a bit long, but one of his most famous and impressive statements.
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"The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers." ~ Bill Gates, born that day

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction. ~ Evelyn Waugh (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 18:52, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish. ~ Evelyn Waugh (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 18:52, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

To know and love another human being is the root of all wisdom. ~ Evelyn Waugh (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 18:52, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth. ~ Evelyn Waugh (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 18:52, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. ~ Jonas Salk (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 18:52, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

I have dreams, and I have nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams. ~ Jonas Salk (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 18:52, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will grade him for wisdom as measured both by survival and by the quality of life of those who survive. ~ Jonas Salk (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 18:52, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
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2005 : All those who listen to me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last ones understand my words better than those who listen to me directly. ~ Muhammad - Laylat al-Qadr (The Night of Power) is traditionally celebrated on this night (the start of the 27th of Ramadan in the Muslim calendar) by many Muslims.

  • 3 Kalki 22:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
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"I turned myself from a 97 pound weakling into the World's Most Perfectly Developed Man" ~ Charles Atlas, born that day.

  • 3 brings back memories of the old comic books with the cool comic book ads. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 19:54, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small,
And the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all.
Go ask Alice when she's ten feet tall. ~ Grace Slick (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 18:23, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

And if you go chasing rabbits and you know you're going to fall,
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar has given you the call. ~ Grace Slick (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 18:23, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

When logic and proportion have fallen softly dead,
And the White Knight is talking backwards and the Red Queen's off with her head,
Remember what the dormouse said: "Feed your head! Feed your head!" ~ Grace Slick (date of birth)

  • 3 ~ Kalki 18:23, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.. ~ John Adams (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 18:23, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.. ~ John Adams (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 18:23, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations... This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution.. ~ John Adams (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 18:23, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

The fundamental article of my political creed is that depotism, or unlimited sovereignty, or absolute power, is the same in a majority of a popular assembly, an aristocratical council, an ogliarchical junto, and a single emperor. ~ John Adams (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 01:23, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 : There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. ~ John Adams (date of birth)

  • 4 Kalki 18:23, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
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I can see lights in the distance
Trembling in the dark cloak of night
Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing
A waltz on All Souls Night. ~ Loreena McKennitt (Halloween / All Soul's Night theme)

  • 4 Kalki 22:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Standing on the bridge that crosses
The river that goes out to the sea
The wind is full of a thousand voices
They pass by the bridge and me. ~ Loreena McKennitt (Halloween / All Soul's Night theme)

  • 3 Kalki 22:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

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