August 18

August 18 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * It's a thingy! A fiendish thingy! ~ George Harrison in Help!
 * selected by Nanobug


 * 2004
 * The best mind-altering drug is the truth. ~ Lily Tomlin
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * If you continue to hate, you are entering into the same philosophy that began the war. You have to look forward at people and new times. ~ Roman Polański (born 18 August 1933)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay. ~ Brian Aldiss (born 18 August 1925)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * What we say is the truth is what everybody accepts … Psychiatry: it's the latest religion. We decide what's right and wrong. We decide who's crazy or not. I'm in trouble here. I'm losing my faith. ~ Madeleine Stowe as "Dr. Kathryn Railly" in Twelve Monkeys (born 18 August 1958)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Oh, my Lolita, I have only words to play with! ~ Vladimir Nabokov in Lolita (50th anniversary of its publication in the United States on 18 August 1958)
 * proposed by MosheZadka


 * 2009
 * Tho' the world could turn from you, This, at least, I learn from you: Beauty and Truth, tho' never found, are worthy to be sought, The singer, upward-springing, Is grander than his singing, And tranquil self-sufficing joy illumes the dark of thought. ~ Robert Williams Buchanan ~
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * I saw the starry Tree Eternity Put forth the blossom Time. ~ Robert Williams Buchanan ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * I ask no more from mortals Than your beautiful face implies,— The beauty the artist beholding Interprets and sanctifies. Who says that men have fallen, That life is wretched and rough? I say, the world is lovely, And that loveliness is enough. ~ Robert Williams Buchanan ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to his recent death.


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks conceding an election defeat while declaring a firm determination to uphold truth against lies.


 * 2023


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
The pleasure and joy of man lies in treading down the rebel and conquering the enemy, in tearing him up by the root, in taking from him all that he has. - Genghis Khan, died this day.
 * 3 AllanHainey 12:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 06:32, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 12:00, 16 August 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 0.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:31, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 because the desire to completely dominate exists in mankind and this quote says it perfectly, Khan had the tendency to say it as it was. Zarbon 15:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 05:55, 12 August 2009 (UTC) Not for the content / meaning, but I think it fits well as QOTD.

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity. ~ Roman Polański (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 12:12, 16 August 2005 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:31, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 15:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 05:55, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 CensoredScribe, 4 if the image references either Rosemary's Baby, or The Pianist; although an image from a film about occultists with a quote about realism is an odd combination. CensoredScribe (talk) 23:10, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Ach! I know. If I were to play the Pathetique or the Moonlight Sonata for the high judges, they would let me off. But my defense unfortunately will not be musical. ~ Walther Funk (born August 18)
 * 3 because the sheer thought of a musical defense would be interesting. Zarbon 04:29, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004 - Page 82
 * 1 Kalki 08:13, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 21:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 05:55, 12 August 2009 (UTC) I usually do not agree with Zarbon's votes here (and never his reasonings), but there is "something" to this quote.

I can spot a musical type. I can tell by looking at a woman whether she is a contralto or a soprano. ~ Walther Funk (born August 18)
 * 4 because I like both contralto's and soprano's. And I'm sure both types of women would sing well. This is a very nice musical dynamic personification. Zarbon 04:29, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004 - Page 83
 * 1 Kalki 08:13, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 21:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 05:55, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Cassandra in Greek legend, you recall, was condemned to know the future but to be disbelieved when she foretold it. Hence the agony of foreknowledge combined with the impotence to do anything about it.. ~ Madeleine Stowe as "Dr. Kathryn Railly" in Twelve Monkeys
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 02:42, 16 August 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

I love the life of an actor because you spend brief amounts of time with other people and then you just leave. I need to be alone a lot, and I need the outdoors. ~ Madeleine Stowe
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 02:42, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

I'd just love to see a great love story, and nobody makes them anymore. ~ Madeleine Stowe
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 02:42, 16 August 2011 (UTC)


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