August 25
2003
- What can be said at all can be said clearly. ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
- selected by Nanobug
2004
- It’s no use crying over spilt evils. It’s better to mop them up laughing. ~ Eleanor Farjeon
- selected by Kalki
2005
- We have met the enemy and he is us. ~ Walt Kelly in Pogo (Kelly born 25 August 1913)
- proposed by Kalki
2006
- Being inoffensive, and being offended, are now the twin addictions of the culture. ~ Martin Amis
- proposed by Kalki
2007
- The humourless as a bunch don't just not know what's funny, they don't know what's serious. They have no common sense, either, and shouldn't be trusted with anything. ~ Martin Amis
- proposed by Kalki
2008
- Against boredom even gods struggle in vain. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (date of death)
- proposed by LrdChaos
2009
- My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant, someone who disrupts the daily drag of life just enough to leave the victim thinking there's maybe more to it all than the mere hum-drum quality of existence. ~ Elvis Costello
- proposed by Kalki
2010
Suggestions
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. ~ Linus Torvalds announcing Linux in a post dated 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT- 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:29, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
- 4 User:Warrior-Poet 20 July, 2005 8:49 (CST)
- 2 121a0012 02:57, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
- 1 Kalki 23:48, 20 August 2008 (UTC) * 2 Kalki 23:10, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 18:49, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 16:09, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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Traces of nobility, gentleness and courage persist in all people, do what we will to stamp out the trend. So, too, do those characteristics which are ugly. ~ Walt Kelly (date of birth)
- 3 Kalki 14:21, 24 August 2005 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
- 3 InvisibleSun 18:49, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 16:09, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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What is the only provocation that could bring about the use of nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the priority target for nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the only established defense against nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. How do we prevent the use of nuclear weapons? By threatening the use of nuclear weapons. And we can't get rid of nuclear weapons, because of nuclear weapons. The intransigence, it seems, is a function of the weapons themselves. ~ Martin Amis (born 25 August 1949)
- 3 InvisibleSun 03:23, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 02:33, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 16:09, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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Writing about music is like dancing about architecture — it's a really stupid thing to want to do. ~ Elvis Costello
- 3 Kalki 18:34, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 18:49, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 16:09, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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Saying the Bible is not a book about science is like saying a cookbook is not a book about chemistry. ~ Robert J. Marks II
- 2 Zarbon 05:54, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Kalki 23:48, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 22:20, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
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Virtue always meets reward,
But quicker when it wears a sword.
~ Bret Harte
- 4 Zarbon 05:54, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 23:48, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 22:20, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
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The craving for a delicate fruit is pleasanter than the fruit itself.
~ Johann Gottfried Herder (DoB)
- 3 Ningauble 17:19, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 00:09, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
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Brave the tamer of the lion;
Brave whom conquered kingdoms praise;
Bravest he who rules his passions.
~ Johann Gottfried Herder (DoB)
- 3 Ningauble 17:19, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 00:09, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
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Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough. ~ Martin Amis (DoB)
- 3 Ningauble 17:19, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 00:09, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
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Militant fundamentalism is convulsed in a late-medieval phase of its evolution. We would have to sit through a renaissance and a reformation, and then await an enlightenment. And we're not going to do that. ~ Martin Amis (DoB)
- 2.5 Ningauble 17:19, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 00:09, 25 August 2009 (UTC) but with a lean toward 3 if extended for more context.
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