May 28
2004
- Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures — in this century, as in others, our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- selected by Kalki
2005
- We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have made more than one movie. ~ Ismail Merchant (recent death)
- selected by Kalki
2006
- What I do know for certain is that what is regarded as success in a rational materialistic society only impresses superficial minds. It amounts to nothing and will not help us rout the destructive forces threatening us today. What may be our salvation is the discovery of the identity hidden deep in any one of us, and which may be found in even the most desperate individual, if he cares to search the spiritual womb which contains the embryo of what can be one's personal contribution to truth and life. ~ Patrick White (born 28 May 1912)
- selected by Kalki
2007
- I have the same idea with all my books: an attempt to come close to the core of reality, the structure of reality, as opposed to the merely superficial. The realistic novel is remote from art. A novel should heighten life, should give one an illuminating experience; it shouldn't set out what you know already. I just muddle away at it. One gets flashes here and there, which help. I am not a philosopher or an intellectual. Practically anything I have done of any worth I feel I have done through my intuition, not my mind... ~ Patrick White
- selected by Kalki
2008
- In my books I have lifted bits from various religions in trying to come to a better understanding; I've made use of religious themes and symbols. Now, as the world becomes more pagan, one has to lead people in the same direction in a different way... ~ Patrick White
- proposed by Zarbon
2009
- The time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property of the few, when it must be woven into the common life of the world. ~ Louis Agassiz (born 28 May1807)
- proposed by InvisibleSun
2010
Suggestions
I'm iron. I lasted through ten years of war, and now I can last through this. It's true, it's not good for the nerves. ~ Sepp Dietrich (born May 28)- 3 because one would have to be steel to withstand many hardships. Zarbon 04:20, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
- SOURCE: The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004 - Page 280
- 1 What is being referred to by "this"? - InvisibleSun 17:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Kalki 22:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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Conversation is imperative if gaps are to be filled, and old age, it is the last gap but one. ~ Patrick White
- 3 but alas, old age is welcomed. Zarbon 16:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 17:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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The essence of what you have to say you pick up before you're twenty... ~ Patrick White
- 3 because the perspective and understanding of one is formulated prior to that age. It would be rather difficult to change one's view after this age, dogmatism has become a standard of living, especially for this century. Zarbon 16:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 17:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 22:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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Now there is no taboo; everything is allowed. But one cannot simply go back to tonality, it's not the way. We must find a way of neither going back nor continuing the avant-garde. I am in a prison: one wall is the avant-garde, the other wall is the past, and I want to escape. ~ György Ligeti (born May 28)
- 4 because when both the past and future fail to answer, one is deadlocked. Nice. I love these scenarios. Zarbon 06:18, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 17:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 16:15, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
* 3 Kalki 22:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)but this should perhaps have more context provided
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Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. ~ William Pitt the Younger
- 3 Zarbon 04:32, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- 0 It was used for January 23, 2007. InvisibleSun 17:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen. When it does at last dawn on a man that you really want to hear about his business, the look that comes over his face is something to see. ~ Walker Percy (born May 28, 1916)
- 3 InvisibleSun 18:28, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 21:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 22:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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Why is there such a gap between nonspeaking animals and speaking man, when there is no other such gap in nature?
Is it possible that a theory of man is nothing more nor less than a theory of the speaking creatures? ~ Walker Percy
- 4 InvisibleSun 18:28, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- 1 because man holds intellect, experience, and knowledge to differ from the rest of nature. Even if I were to agree with the quote, which I don't, I would never say that the theory of animals holds prevalence to the theory of man, as barbaric as man may be. Greek philosophy is still strong because it taught mankind the major difference between the rest of the animal kingdom and the intellect of man. I don't want to disagree with InvisibleSun too much, because I do agree with him for many suggestions, but this one here I think I can't agree with the ideology behind. Zarbon 21:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 22:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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Why is it that one can look at a lion or a planet or an owl or at someone’s finger as long as one pleases, but looking into the eyes of another person is, if prolonged past a second, a perilous affair? ~ Walker Percy
- 3 InvisibleSun 18:28, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Zarbon 21:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 22:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch. ~ Ian Fleming (born May 28, 1908)
- 3 Lyle
2 InvisibleSun 17:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)- 2 Zarbon 21:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 22:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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The eye of the trilobite tells us that the sun shone on the old beach where he lived; for there is nothing in nature without a purpose, and when so complicated an organ was made to receive light, there must have been light to enter it. ~ Louis Agassiz
- 3 Fossil 22:17, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 02:45, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 00:32, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 23:30, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
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The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal. ~ Louis Agassiz
- 4 Fossil 22:17, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 02:45, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 00:32, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:30, 27 May 2009 (UTC)