October 2 Quotations

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. ~ Mae West

selected by Kalki

2005

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone. ~ Rod Serling in The Twilight Zone

proposed by Kalki The first episode of The Twilight Zone, "Where is Everybody?" aired on 2 October 1959.

2006

Before you do anything, think. If you do something to try and impress someone, to be loved, accepted or even to get someone's attention, stop and think. So many people are busy trying to create an image, they die in the process. ~ Salma Hayek

2007

If there must be a god in the house, must be,
Saying things in the room and on the stair,
Let him move as the sunlight moves on the floor,
Or moonlight, silently, as Plato's ghost

Or Aristotle's skeleton. Let him hang out
His stars on the wall. He must dwell quietly.

~ Wallace Stevens ~

proposed by InvisibleSun

2008

I am one of you and being one of you
Is being and knowing what I am and know.
Yet I am the necessary angel of earth,
Since, in my sight, you see the earth again,
Cleared of its stiff and stubborn, man-locked set
And, in my hearing, you hear its tragic drone
Rise liquidly in liquid lingerings,
Like watery words awash; like meanings said
By repetitions of half-meanings.

~ Wallace Stevens ~

proposed by Kalki

2009

There is but one means to extenuate the effects of enemy fire: it is to develop a more violent fire oneself. ~ Ferdinand Foch

proposed by Zarbon

2010 : Rank or add further suggestions…
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Ranking system:

4 : Excellent - should definitely be used.

3 : Very Good - strong desire to see it used.

2 : Good - some desire to see it used.

1 : Acceptable - but with no particular desire to see it used.

0 : Not acceptable - not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.

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Suggestions

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. ~ Mohandas Gandhi (born 2 October 1869)

3 InvisibleSun 07:20, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
3 Kalki 00:07, 2 October 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
2 Zarbon 03:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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We do not choose our concerns. ~ Graham Greene (born 2 October 1904)

3 InvisibleSun 07:20, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
3 Kalki 00:07, 2 October 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
2 Zarbon 03:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore. ~ Wallace Stevens

3 Kalki 00:07, 2 October 2007 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
3 because this is true. Without difficulty and hardships, life would not be interesting. Zarbon 03:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 23:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature of that in which it is found, whether the poem, the manner of a god, the bearing of a man. It is not a dress. ~ Wallace Stevens

3 Kalki 00:07, 2 October 2007 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
1 Zarbon 03:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 23:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. ~ Ferdinand Foch (born October 2)

3 because this is a very nice piece of imagery. An angered soul burns very well and does not cease to burn its surroundings. And an angered warrior will do heavy damage. Beautifully charming. Zarbon 17:39, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 00:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
3 InvisibleSun 23:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. ~ Ferdinand Foch (born October 2)

3 because only those who are inexperienced in the art of war would boast about it. Zarbon 17:39, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 00:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 23:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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The will to conquer is the first condition of victory. ~ Ferdinand Foch (born October 2)

3 because the man who has the will will find the way. Zarbon 17:39, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
2 Kalki 00:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
2 InvisibleSun 23:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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You can’t conceive, nor can I, the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God. ~ Graham Greene

2 Zarbon 04:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 00:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
3 InvisibleSun 23:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt. ~ Graham Greene

2 Zarbon 04:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
2 Kalki 00:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
2 InvisibleSun 23:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself. ~ Graham Greene

2 Zarbon 04:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 00:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 23:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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People don't like reality, they don't like common sense, until age forces it on them. ~ Graham Greene

2 Zarbon 04:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
2 Kalki 00:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
2 InvisibleSun 23:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. ~ Graham Greene

2 Zarbon 17:53, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 00:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 23:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction. ~ Graham Greene

3 Kalki 01:44, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
3 Zarbon 13:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

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Catholics and communists have committed great crimes, but at least they have not stood aside, like an established society, and been indifferent. I would rather have blood on my hands than water like Pilate...if you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask? ~ Graham Greene

3 Kalki 01:44, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
1 Zarbon 13:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

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Cynicism is cheap — you can buy it at any Monoprix store — it's built into all poor-quality goods. ~ Graham Greene

3 Kalki 01:44, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
1 Zarbon 13:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

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There's a virtue in slowness, which we have lost. ~ Graham Greene

3 Kalki 01:44, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
2 Zarbon 13:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

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We mustn't complain too much of being comedians — it's an honourable profession. If only we could be good ones the world might gain at least a sense of style. We have failed — that's all. We are bad comedians, we aren't bad men. ~ Graham Greene

3 Kalki 01:44, 1 October 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
2 Zarbon 13:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

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There is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most lives. ~ Graham Greene

3 Kalki 01:44, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
2 Zarbon 13:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

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Sooner or later...one has to take sides – if one is to remain human. ~ Graham Greene

3 Kalki 01:44, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
3 Zarbon 13:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

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The world about us would be desolate except for the world within us. ~ Wallace Stevens

3 Kalki 02:12, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
2 Zarbon 13:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

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The imagination is one of the forces of nature. ~ Wallace Stevens

3 Kalki 02:12, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
1 Zarbon 13:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

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The truth seems to be that we live in concepts of the imagination before the reason has established them. If this is true, then reason is simply the methodizer of the imagination. ~ Wallace Stevens

3 Kalki 02:12, 1 October 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
2 Zarbon 13:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

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I like my philosophy smothered in beauty and not the opposite. ~ Wallace Stevens

3 Kalki 02:12, 1 October 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
2 Zarbon 13:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

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Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different road, so long as we reach the same goal. Wherein is the cause for quarrelling? ~ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

3 Kalki 23:17, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

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An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self sustained. ~ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

3 Kalki 23:17, 2 October 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

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The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy. That State is the best governed which is governed the least. ~ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

3 Kalki 23:17, 2 October 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

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