April 27

April 27 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. ~ Anatole France
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft (born 27 April 1759)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ~ Edward Gibbon (born 27 April 1737 O.S. but actually 8 May in the Gregorian Calendar — confusions existed when this choice was made.)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Though I have been trained as a soldier, and participated in many battles, there never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. I look forward to an epoch when a court, recognized by all nations, will settle international differences. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2008
 * The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. ~ Herbert Spencer
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful to society, had that society been well organized. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2012
 * I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2013


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2016


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki for the official opening date of Avengers: Infinity War


 * 2019


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2020


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2021


 * proposed by Illegitimate Barrister


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks regarding the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.


 * 2023


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2024


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have usually been wrong, must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong. ~ Herbert Spencer
 * 3 InvisibleSun 18:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 22:57, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:56, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

In my view, the composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve Man, the people. He must beautify human life and defend it. He must be a citizen first and foremost, so that his art might consciously extol human life and lead man to a radiant future. Such is the immutable code of art as I see it. ~ Sergei Prokofiev (born April 27, 1891)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 18:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 22:57, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:56, 25 April 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward a 4.

When they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. ~ Yeshua (Jesus Christ) (Eastern Orthodox Easter 2008)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 24 April 2009 (UTC) * 4 Kalki 23:56, 25 April 2008 (UTC) no longer strongly related to the date.
 * 2 but I would have given it a 3 if it were trimmed to the last bit of the quote. I like this quote because it speaks of determination, a respectable quality, to endure and be saved in turn. Zarbon 00:03, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime. ~ Frank Abagnale
 * 2 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
 * 2 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.

No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
 * 2 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
 * 2 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately you occasionally find men disgrace labor. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
 * 4 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft
 * 2 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow of the earth on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church. ~ Ferdinand Magellan (date of death)
 * 3 if this is truly properly attributed to Magellan. Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 0 The available evidence indicates this to probably be a misattribution, and thus unacceptable as a quote of Magellan. ~ Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC) + tweaks

Those who cavalierly reject the Theory of Evolution, as not adequately supported by facts, seem quite to forget that their own theory is supported by no facts at all. Like the majority of men who are born to a given belief, they demand the most rigorous proof of any adverse belief, but assume that their own needs none. ~ Herbert Spencer (dob)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 05:19, 27 April 2013 (UTC) leaning toward 4
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 09:41, 27 April 2013 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and person hood. ~ Coretta Scott King (GoodReads quotes) (dob)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 05:19, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 09:41, 27 April 2013 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 22:40, 21 October 2014 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4 — NO birthdate for Plato, but the year was 427 … and thus placing suggestions for him here at 4/27.


 * 4. – Illegitimate Barrister 19:05, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.


 * 3. A bit political, but interesting look into the man. – Illegitimate Barrister 20:07, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC)


 * 3. A bit political, but interesting look into the man. – Illegitimate Barrister 20:07, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC)


 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister 20:07, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC)


 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister 20:07, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC)


 * 4. Great quote and still relevant today, sadly. – Illegitimate Barrister 20:07, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.


 * 3. Quote said by U.S. Grant about Robert E. Lee, saying he did not want to rejoice at the latter's misery as the latter had fought so hard for a cause, even though the cause, slavery, was a bad one. – Illegitimate Barrister 20:07, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC)


 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister 20:07, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC)


 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister 20:07, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC)


 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister 15:48, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC)


 * 4. – Illegitimate Barrister 21:51, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.


 * 4. – Illegitimate Barrister 21:51, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.


 * 3. Quote said by Ulysses S. Grant, who was born on April 27. – Illegitimate Barrister 14:01, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC)