July 21 Quotations

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2003

The barge she sat in, like a burnishd throne, burnd on the water; the poop was beaten gold, purple the sails, and so perfumed, that the winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made the water which they beat to follow faster, as amorous of their strokes. For her own person, it beggard all description ~ "Enobarbus" in Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

selected by Nanobug

2004

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. ~ Elbert Hubbard

selected by Kalki

2005

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for awhile, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. ~ Carl Sagan

proposed by MosheZadka (The Scopes Trial ended with a guilty verdict on 21 July 1925)

2006

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry. ~ Ernest Hemingway (date of birth)

proposed by Kalki

2007

If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. ~ J. K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (a quote from the first "Harry Potter" book on the date of release of the 7th and last of the series.)

proposed by Kalki

2008

No one thing is true. It's all true. ~ Ernest Hemingway

proposed by Kalki

2009

Now I've been happy lately
Thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be
Something good has begun.

Oh, I've been smiling lately
Dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be
Someday it's going to come.
~ Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) ~

proposed by Kalki

2010

Suggestions

The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village. ~ Marshall McLuhan (date of birth)

3 Kalki 13:36, 20 July 2005 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
1 Zarbon 06:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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The medium is the message. ~ Marshall McLuhan (date of birth)

3 Kalki 13:36, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
1 Zarbon 06:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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A man can be destroyed but not defeated. ~ Ernest Hemingway (date of birth)

3 Kalki 13:36, 20 July 2005 (UTC) with a VERY strong lean toward 4, but I would now extend this to read: "Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated."
2 InvisibleSun 23:21, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
2 Zarbon 06:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. It's been that way all this year. It's been that way so many times. All of war is that way. ~ Ernest Hemingway (date of birth)

3 Kalki 13:36, 20 July 2005 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
2 InvisibleSun 23:21, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
2 Zarbon 06:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. ~ Robin Williams (date of birth)

3 Kalki 13:36, 20 July 2005 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
2 Zarbon 06:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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Don't you feel a change a coming from another side of time, breaking down the walls of silence, lifting shadows from your mind. ~ Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) (born 21 July 1948)

3 Kalki 13:59, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
1 Zarbon 06:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that. ~ J. K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (a quote from the first "Harry Potter" book on the date of release of the 7th and last of the series.)

2 Kalki 20:22, 14 July 2009 (UTC) * 3 Kalki 17:50, 20 July 2007 (UTC) I'm still strongly inclined to use this, but the tie-in with the date is looser now...
3 because actions speak louder than words and to remain asleep is to kill your chances of doing anything else. Zarbon 06:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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"It's funny," I said. "It's very funny, and it's a lot of fun, too, to be in love." ~ Ernest Hemingway

2 Kalki 20:22, 14 July 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
1 Zarbon 18:19, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

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