June 16
2004
- Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so. ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
- selected by Kalki
2005
- I cannot think we are useless or Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each. ~ Geronimo (born 16 June 1829)
- selected by Kalki
2006
- If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. ~ Abraham Lincoln's "House Divided" speech, 16 June 1858)
- selected by Kalki
2007
- It's no use, says he. Force, hatred, history, all that. That's not life for men and women, insult and hatred. And everybody knows that it's the very opposite of that that is really life. ~ James Joyce in Ulysses
- proposed by Kalki for (Bloomsday)
2008
- When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven’t thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity — but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial. ~ Joyce Carol Oates
- proposed by Zarbon
2009
- A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals to discovery. ~ James Joyce in Ulysses
- proposed by Kalki
2010
Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD, or from Ulysses by James Joyce (Bloomsday):
- Love loves to love love. ~ James Joyce in Ulysses
- used 17 June 2004, selected by Kalki
- History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. ~ James Joyce in Ulysses
- used 2 February 2008, proposed by InvisibleSun
Suggestions
It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born. ~ James Joyce in Ulysses- 3 Kalki 23:08, 14 June 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 2 Zarbon 23:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 15:43, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
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Values exist in a transcendental realm, beyond space and time. They can neither be fought for, nor destroyed. ~ Enoch Powell
- 3 Zarbon 03:07, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 21:01, 14 June 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
- 2 InvisibleSun 15:43, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
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The mocker is never taken seriously when he is most serious. ~ James Joyce in Ulysses
- 3 Kalki 21:01, 14 June 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 2 and I like this quote. It refers to the "boy who cried wolf" scenario, where no one believes him when truly needed. I am compelled to give this a higher rating at a later date. Zarbon 00:17, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 15:43, 15 June 2008 (UTC)