January 4
2005
- I know this in no way alleviates the enormous amounts of pain and loss experienced by those who have suffered from the tsunami, but I hope it can make a difference. ~ Sandra Bullock on her large donation to tsunami relief efforts of the American Red Cross
- selected by Kalki
2006
- I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. ~ Isaac Newton (born 4 January 1643)
- proposed by UDScott
2007
- Men learn little from others' experience. But in the life of one man, never the same time returns. ~ T. S. Eliot, in Murder in the Cathedral (died 4 January 1965)
- proposed by UDScott
2008
- The main Business of natural Philosophy is to argue from Phenomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical. ~ Isaac Newton (born 4 January 1643)
- proposed by Kalki
2009
- It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine).
~ R.E.M. ~ (birthday of Michael Stipe, lead singer and major song writer in the band — which divides the credit on all its songs equally)- proposed by Kalki
2010
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Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:
- To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty, and leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things. ~ Isaac Newton
- used 6 February 2004, selected by Kalki
- If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants. ~ Isaac Newton
- used 25 January 2005, selected by Kalki
Suggestions
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. ~ Isaac Newton (born January 4, 1643)3 InvisibleSun 22:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC)- 1 Kalki 16:16, 3 January 2008 (UTC) A variant of this has already been used. ~ Kalki 16:16, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Zarbon 17:53, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people. ~ Isaac Newton
- 3 Kalki 19:23, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 21:50, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- 3 because it is true, where civilization has not been able to find an explanation for many of mankind's follies. Zarbon 17:53, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Triviaa 04:22, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
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Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. ~ Isaac Newton
- 3 Kalki 19:23, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 21:50, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 17:53, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Triviaa 04:22, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
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It is all very well to be cautious, but if we are too cautious we will miss our opportunity. ~ Yoshijirō Umezu
- 3 Zarbon 06:04, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 13:47, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 23:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
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That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough.
~ R.E.M. ~ (birthday of Michael Stipe, lead singer and major song writer in the band — which divides the credit on all its songs equally)
- 3 Kalki 13:47, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Zarbon 04:43, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
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All you hear is time stand still in travel
And feel such peace and absolute
The stillness still that doesn't end
But slowly drifts into sleep
The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen
And they're there for you
For you alone you are the everything.
~ R.E.M. ~ (birthday of Michael Stipe, lead singer and major song writer in the band — which divides the credit on all its songs equally)
- 3 Kalki 13:47, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 04:43, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
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Stand in the place where you live
Now face North
Think about direction
Wonder why you haven’t
Now stand in the place where you work
Now face West
Think about the place where you live
Wonder why you haven’t before
~ R.E.M. ~ (birthday of Michael Stipe, lead singer and major song writer in the band — which divides the credit on all its songs equally)
- 3 Kalki 13:47, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 04:43, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
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When your day is long
and the night,
the night is yours alone,
when you're sure you've had enough
of this life, well hang on.
Don't let yourself go,
'cause everybody cries
and everybody hurts
sometimes.
~ R.E.M. ~ (birthday of Michael Stipe, lead singer and major song writer in the band — which divides the credit on all its songs equally)
- 3 Kalki 13:47, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 04:43, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
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