August 28

August 28 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise mortifying the flesh. They then point with pride to these practices as the cause of their sturdy health and ripe years; the truth being that they are hearty and old, not because of their habits, but in spite of them. The reason we find only robust persons doing this thing is that it has killed all the others who have tried it. ~ The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
 * selected by Nanobug


 * 2004
 * It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing. ~ Muhammad
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today... ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
 * proposed by MosheZadka, expanded from the first Wikiquote Quote of the Day, selected by Nanobug.


 * 2006
 * Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Moderation, the Golden Mean, the Aristonmetron, is the secret of wisdom and of happiness. But it does not mean embracing an unadventurous mediocrity: rather it is an elaborate balancing-act, a feat of intellectual skill demanding constant vigilance. Its aim is a reconciliation of opposites. ~ Robertson Davies
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * To which of the warring serpents should I turn with the problem that now faces me? It is easy, and tempting, to choose the god of Science. Now I would not for a moment have you suppose that I am one of those idiots who scorns Science, merely because it is always twisting and turning, and sometimes shedding its skin, like the serpent that is its symbol. It is a powerful god indeed but it is what the students of ancient gods called a shape-shifter, and sometimes a trickster. ~ Robertson Davies
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * What is the use of being wise if we are not sometimes merry? The merriment of wise men is not the uninformed, gross fun of ignorant men, but it has more kinship with that than the pinched, frightened fun of those who are neither learned nor ignorant, gentle nor simple, bound nor free. The idea that a wise man must be solemn is bred and preserved among people who have no idea what wisdom is, and can only respect whatever makes them feel inferior. ~ Robertson Davies
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2010
 * The ironist is not bitter, he does not seek to undercut everything that seems worthy or serious, he scorns the cheap scoring-off of the wisecracker. He stands, so to speak, somewhat at one side, observes and speaks with a moderation which is occasionally embellished with a flash of controlled exaggeration. He speaks from a certain depth, and thus he is not of the same nature as the wit, who so often speaks from the tongue and no deeper. The wit's desire is to be funny; the ironist is only funny as a secondary achievement. ~ Robertson Davies
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2011
 * Love does not dominate, it cultivates. And that is more. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2013


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2014


 * proposed by allixpeeke


 * 2015


 * proposed by allixpeeke


 * 2016


 * proposed by allixpeeke


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


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


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki, in regard of abiding assertions regarding his role as President of the United States of America.


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki; for the 60th anniversary of the delivery of the famous "I Have a Dream" speech on 28 August 1963.


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
It is mankind's discovery of language which more than any other single thing has separated him from the animal creation. Without language, what concept have we of past or future as separated from the immediate present? Without language, how can we tell anyone what we feel, or what we think? It might be said that until he developed language, man had no soul, for without language how could he reach deep inside himself and discover the truths that are hidden there, or find out what emotions he shared, or did not share, with his fellow men and women. ~ Robertson Davies
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:24, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:07, 25 August 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 16:20, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2.5 //Gbern3 (talk) 01:55, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 08:58, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (dob)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 16:33, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 01:55, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
 * 3 (leaning toward 2 because of the poor grammar; "one" is singular while "their" is plural) allixpeeke (talk) 08:58, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Note: According to this page, "The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire" on 28 August 1833.


 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 08:58, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 13:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Note: King's "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered on 28 August 1963. This quote is from said speech.


 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 10:05, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 13:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Note: King's "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered on 28 August 1963. This quote was written around the same time as King's speech.


 * 3 (very strongly leaning toward 4) allixpeeke (talk) 10:05, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 3, but tenuously; I like the quote, but the link to the date seems tenuous. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 13:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Note: Jack Black was born 28 August 1969.


 * 2 (leaning toward 3) allixpeeke (talk) 10:21, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 13:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Note: The film Fight Club was directed by David Fincher who, in turn, was born 28 August 1962.


 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 10:21, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 13:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

"Hughie, get your tanks off my lawn."" -- Harold Wilson
 * Submitted by
 * 1, with a lean toward 0; this appears to have no strong relation to this date and does not seem a highly notable statement. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 07:07, 26 August 2018 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:17, 27 August 2023 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:17, 27 August 2023 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:17, 27 August 2023 (UTC) (even though most of this one has already been used previously, in 2014)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:17, 27 August 2023 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:17, 27 August 2023 (UTC)