December 15
2003
- Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- selected by Kalki
2004
- There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ~ Albert Einstein
- selected by Kalki
2005
- Trouble arises when either science or religion claims universal jurisdiction, when either religious dogma or scientific dogma claims to be infallible. Religious creationists and scientific materialists are equally dogmatic and insensitive. By their arrogance they bring both science and religion into disrepute. ~ Freeman Dyson (born 15 December 1923)
- proposed by Kalki
2006
- To talk about the end of science is just as foolish as to talk about the end of religion. Science and religion are both still close to their beginnings, with no ends in sight. ~ Freeman Dyson (date of birth)
- proposed by Kalki
2007
- It is not the right angle that attracts me,
Nor the hard, inflexible straight line, man-made.
What attracts me are free and sensual curves.
The curves in my country’s mountains,
In the sinuous flow of its rivers,
In the beloved woman’s body.
~ Oscar Niemeyer (his 100th Birthday — born 15 December 1907)- proposed by InvisibleSun
2008
- It appears that mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent inherent in every atom. The universe as a whole is also weird, with laws of nature that make it hospitable to the growth of mind. I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension. ~ Freeman Dyson
- proposed by Kalki
2009
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Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:
- In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad. ~ Freeman Dyson
- used 14 May 2004, selected by Kalki
Suggestions
It's kind of fun to do the impossible. ~ Walt Disney (Date of death)- 3 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 07:32, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- 3 Liquidice5 17:58, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 16:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
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The deepest pleasure in science comes from finding an instantiation, a home, for some deeply felt, deeply held image. ~ Wolfgang Pauli (Date of death)
- 3 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 07:32, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 16:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
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We stand, in a manner of speaking, midway between the unpredictability of atoms and the unpredictability of God. ~ Freeman Dyson (date of birth)
- 3 Kalki 18:54, 14 December 2005 (UTC) but might rank this a 4 eventually
- 3 InvisibleSun 07:32, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 16:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people with optimism, that everyone has a gift. I don’t want anything but general happiness. Why is that bad? ~ Oscar Niemeyer
- 3 Kalki 15:21, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:59, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 16:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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My ambition has always been to reduce a building’s support to a minimum. The more we diminish supporting structures, the more audacious and important the architecture is. That has been my life’s work. ~ Oscar Niemeyer
- 3 Kalki 15:21, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:59, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 16:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise. ~ Oscar Niemeyer
- 3 Kalki 15:21, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:59, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 16:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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What an artist dies in me! ~ Nero (born December 15)
- 2 Zarbon 03:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
- SOURCE: Nero by Edward Champlin - History - 2003 - Page 51
- 2 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
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Hidden talent counts for nothing. ~ Nero (born December 15)
- 3 because talent is worth nothing if it isn't seen. The same can be said for decisions, ideas, and solutions. Hiding qualities will never allow others to comprehend and understand them. Zarbon 03:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
- SOURCE: The Flames of Rome - Page 221 by Paul L. Maier - 1991
- 1 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC) the ultimate measure of the effectiveness of both talent and genius is knowing when to show it, and when not to. Hidden talents can sometimes count a great deal.
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I keep thinking what happens when the power of love is twisted into the love of power. ~ Maurice Davis
- 2 Zarbon 07:00, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC) though I might rank this 3 eventually, especially if more can be found of it for clearer context.
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I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between mathematics and physics, which was so enormously fruitful in past centuries, has recently ended in divorce. ~ Freeman Dyson
- 3 Zarbon 07:00, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
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A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminately murderous. A bad cause can become good if enough people fight for it in a spirit of comradeship and self-sacrifice. In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad. ~ Freeman Dyson
- 4 Zarbon 07:00, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 21:20, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)reduced my ranking on this for this year, because of a preference for another Dyson quote, and as part of this has already been used. I probably will rank it at 3 again eventually, even though the last sentence has been used already.
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I love the war because there is victory at its end. ~ Alp Arslan
- 2 Zarbon 07:00, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
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The Universe is made of stories, not of atoms. ~ Muriel Rukeyser
- 4 Kalki 07:14, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
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