January 27
2004
- All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring
- selected by Kalki
2005
- Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good. ~ Pythagoras
- selected by Kalki
2006
- If you drink much from a bottle marked "poison" it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later. ~ Lewis Carroll (born 27 January 1832)
- selected by Kalki
2007
- "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master — that's all."
~ Lewis Carroll ~- proposed by InvisibleSun
2008
- "In that direction," the Cat said, waving its right paw round, "lives a Hatter: and in that direction," waving the other paw, "lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad."
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
~ Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ~- proposed by InvisibleSun
2009
- Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it. ~ Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- proposed by InvisibleSun
2010
Suggestions
It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied. ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born January 27, 1756)- 3 InvisibleSun 11:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 19:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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I never lie down at night without reflecting that — young as I am — I may not live to see another day. Yet no one of all my acquaintances could say that in company I am morose or disgruntled. ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 3 InvisibleSun 11:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 19:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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'Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.' ~ Lewis Carroll
- 3 InvisibleSun 11:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 19:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday — but never jam to-day. ~ Lewis Carroll
- 3 InvisibleSun 11:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 19:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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The format of the nightly newscasts is still very much 1981 — "Tremble, onlookers! I am the anchorman and now here is a miracle: a report by satellite from many thousands of miles away. I will return to introduce another one in due course." ~ Keith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959)
- 3 InvisibleSun 11:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 19:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. If you're in a public media setting and you're not expressing something of yourself, turn it over to someone who will. Just get out. Just go away and put somebody on who has a point of view, because the most dangerous thing about TV is its equalizing factor, its lowest common denominator factor. And that's what I fight against all the time. ~ Keith Olbermann
- 3 InvisibleSun 11:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 19:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. ~ John Updike (died 27 January 2009)
- 3 Kalki 22:47, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
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Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art. ~ John Updike (died 27 January 2009)
- 3 Kalki 22:47, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. ~ John Updike (died 27 January 2009)
- 3 Kalki 22:47, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
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If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't. ~ Hyman G. Rickover
- 2.5 Ningauble 00:24, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
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