June 9

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. ~ David Hume
  • selected by Kalki


2005
There are always good parts. They may not pay what you want, and they may not have as many days' work as you want, they may not have the billing that you want, they may not have a lot of things, but — the content of the role itself — I find there are many roles. ~ Anne Bancroft (recent death)
  • selected by Kalki


2006
When you were born in this world
Everyone laughed while you cried
Conduct not yourself in manner such
That they laugh when you are gone.

~ Kabir (à propos of recent death of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi)
  • selected by Kalki


2007
What is this thing called love?
This funny thing called love?

~ Cole Porter ~
  • selected by Kalki


2008
Be a clown, be a clown,
All the world loves a clown.
Act the fool, play the calf,
And you'll always have the last laugh.
~ Cole Porter ~
  • proposed by Zarbon


2009
In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking
But now, Heaven knows,
Anything goes.

~ Cole Porter ~
  • proposed by Kalki


2010

Suggestions

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above.
Don't fence me in. ~ Cole Porter
  • 3 Zarbon 15:10, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
  • 3 Kalki 15:40, 7 June 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
  • 3 InvisibleSun 19:19, 8 June 2008 (UTC)


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I get no kick from champagne.
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all,
So tell me why it should be true
That I get a kick out of you? ~ Cole Porter
  • 2 Zarbon 03:44, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
  • 3 Kalki 13:29, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
  • 3 InvisibleSun 21:57, 7 June 2009 (UTC)


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