July 18
2003
- To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time; and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. ~ Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- selected by Nanobug
2004
- Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
- selected by Kalki
2005
- The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ~ Nelson Mandela (born 18 July 1918)
- proposed by Aphaia
- Very similar statements are attributed to others, but this particular form seems to be sourced to his autobiography.
2006
- To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; and to forgo even ambition when the end is gained — who can say this is not greatness? ~ William Makepeace Thackeray (born 18 July 1811)
- proposed by Kalki
2007
- The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
- proposed by Kalki
2008
- When I die, my money's not gonna come with me. My movies will live on for people to judge what I was as a person. I just want to stay curious. - Interview for London's Sunday Telegraph magazine, November 2007 ~ Heath Ledger (release date for his final major movie role as The Joker in The Dark Knight) (FYI, Ledger unexpectedly died earlier this year and this is his last film)
- proposed by Boylo
2009
- It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
- proposed by Kalki
2010
Suggestions
Any violence which does not spring from a spiritual base, will be wavering and uncertain. It lacks the stability which can only rest in a fanatical outlook. ~ Adolf Hitler, from Mein Kampf (published that day)- 2 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:20, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- 1 121a0012 June 27, 2005 03:52 (UTC)
- 1 Kalki 23:17, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
- 3 but on a more relative date. Zarbon 06:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
- 3 InvisibleSun 20:18, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 18:50, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 06:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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Good humour may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
- 3 Kalki 18:43, 17 July 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:22, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 06:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future. ~ Heath Ledger
- 2 Kalki 01:21, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
4 Kalki 21:03, 17 July 2008 (UTC)different quote was used for actual opening day of The Dark Night thus downgrading my ranking of this one. - 3 InvisibleSun 22:28, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 05:06, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. ~ Nelson Mandela (birthday)
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- 2 Kalki 19:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
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Boychick, wake up! Be something! Make your life something good. For the love of an old man who sees in your young days his new life, for such love take the world in your two hands and make it like new. Go out and fight so life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills. ~ Clifford Odets (DoB)
- 3 Ningauble 17:56, 23 June 2009 (UTC) seasonally appropriate for recent graduates (and a non-recent-graduate nephew of mine)
- 2 Zarbon 05:06, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 19:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
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Stupid people, people who do not know how to laugh, are always pompous and self-conceited. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
- 3 Kalki 19:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 18:17, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
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Bravery never goes out of fashion. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
- 3 Kalki 19:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 2 Zarbon 18:17, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
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Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
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Other ideas:
Oops, we have no Thomas Kuhn quote ...
- comment by Aphaia
- Egad! I must replace my lost copy of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (such is the fate of book-lenders) and redress the omission. ~ Ningauble
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