December 28 Quotations

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is. ~ Richard Feynman

selected by Kalki, — This statement has been discovered to very probably be a misattribution, and seems to have been created as part of a paraphrase of Feynman's note to the mother of Marcus Chown: "Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science — for to fill your heart with love is enough." ~ Kalki 01:29, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

2005

No nation is fit to sit in judgement upon any other nation. ~ Woodrow Wilson, (born 28 December 1856)

proposed by UDScott

2006

The length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends. ~ Gerald Ford (recent death)

proposed by Kalki

2007

The forces of moderation and democracy must, and will, prevail against extremism and dictatorship. I will not be intimidated. ... Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it. ~ Benazir Bhutto (recent death)

proposed by Kalki

2008

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear. ~ Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (Date of death)

proposed by UDScott

2009

Suggestions

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to The Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ~ Pledge of Allegience, officially recognized by the U.S. Congress on this date in 1945

3 ~ UDScott 15:03, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
0 (not everyone is American) - --Mister Six 11:10, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
4 Significant historical event worth commemoration. Ezratrumpet 06:38, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
1 Kalki 15:39, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
1 InvisibleSun 07:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
0 because I completely agree with Mister Six. Zarbon 20:48, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

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There is such thing as a man being too proud to fight. ~ Woodrow Wilson (born December 28, 1856)

3 InvisibleSun 07:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
3 Kalki 22:31, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
3 Zarbon 20:48, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

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Only a peace between equals can last. ~ Woodrow Wilson

4 InvisibleSun 07:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
2 Kalki 22:31, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
2 Zarbon 20:48, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

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Our neighbors use searchlights, for they want more light. I tell you... we need more darkness. ~ Ivan Konev (born December 28)

4 because this has deep meaning...sometimes it is better to have a century of peace (darkness) and serenity rather than one that sparks (light) problems. Very beautiful dynamic here. Zarbon 06:43, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
- SOURCE: The Last Battle - Page 354 by Cornelius Ryan - History - 1995
2 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
2 InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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...the best teacher is one who learns in the process of teaching. ~ Mortimer Adler

3 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
2 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
2 InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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The great books of ancient and medieval as well as modern times are a repository of knowledge and wisdom, a tradition of culture which must initiate each generation. ~ Mortimer Adler

2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

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Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor. ~ Sam Levenson

2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

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Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. ~ Sam Levenson

2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

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When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want? ~ Sam Levenson

2 for comic value. Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
2 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

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A film is just like a muffin. You make it. You put it on the table. One person might say, "Oh, I don't like it". One might say it's the best muffin ever made. One might say it's an awful muffin. It's hard for me to say. It's for me to make the muffin. ~ Denzel Washington

2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
2 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

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Face front, true believer! ~ Stan Lee

2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
1 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
2 InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them. ~ John von Neumann

2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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You wake me up early in the morning to tell me that I'm right? Please wait until I'm wrong. ~ John von Neumann

2 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
2 InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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In the transmuted world new significances arise which are scarcely to be traced in the world of symbols; so that it becomes a world of beauty and purpose — and, alas, suffering and evil. ~ Arthur Stanley Eddington

3 Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC) — but would extend this to end with "The frank realisation that physical science is concerned with a world of shadows is one of the most significant of recent advances."
3 for extended quote. - InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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It is not too much to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.

OR

At terrestrial temperatures matter has complex properties which are likely to prove most difficult to unravel; but it is reasonable to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star. ~ Arthur Stanley Eddington

3 for both short and long versions. Zarbon 06:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC) slightly prefer the short version.
3 for shorter version. - InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'. ~ Arthur Stanley Eddington

3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
2 Zarbon 05:22, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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It is difficult for the matter-of-fact physicist to accept the view that the substratum of everything is of mental character. But no one can deny that mind is the first and most direct thing in our experience, and all else is remote inference — inference either intuitive or deliberate. ~ Arthur Stanley Eddington

3 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
2 Zarbon 05:22, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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The universe is of the nature of a thought or sensation in a universal Mind... To put the conclusion crudely — the stuff of the world is mind-stuff. ~ Arthur Stanley Eddington

4 Kalki 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
1 Zarbon 05:22, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 22:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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The emperor needs all the headmasters he can get. If a quarter of his people were headmasters he would be perfectly happy. But more than two poets would tear his kingdom apart. ~ Alasdair Gray
3 Kalki 23:44, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

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Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation. ~ Alasdair Gray

3 Kalki 23:44, 18 March 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

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