December 15

December 15 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2004
 * There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ~ Albert Einstein
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Trouble arises when either science or religion claims universal jurisdiction, when either religious dogma or scientific dogma claims to be infallible. Religious creationists and scientific materialists are equally dogmatic and insensitive. By their arrogance they bring both science and religion into disrepute. ~ Freeman Dyson (born 15 December 1923)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * To talk about the end of science is just as foolish as to talk about the end of religion. Science and religion are both still close to their beginnings, with no ends in sight. ~ Freeman Dyson (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * It is not the right angle that attracts me, Nor the hard, inflexible straight line, man-made. What attracts me are free and sensual curves. The curves in my country’s mountains, In the sinuous flow of its rivers, In the beloved woman’s body. ~ Oscar Niemeyer (his 100th Birthday — born 15 December 1907)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * It appears that mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent inherent in every atom. The universe as a whole is also weird, with laws of nature that make it hospitable to the growth of mind. I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension. ~ Freeman Dyson
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * It's kind of fun to do the impossible. ~ Walt Disney (Date of death)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2010
 * The Universe is made of stories, not of atoms. ~ Muriel Rukeyser
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminately murderous. A bad cause can become good if enough people fight for it in a spirit of comradeship and self-sacrifice. In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad. ~ Freeman Dyson
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki; a quote from the previous film in the series, in regard to the official opening of Star Wars: The Last Jedi on this date.


 * 2018


 * proposed by UDScott for date of Pauli's death.


 * 2019


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:


 * In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad. ~ Freeman Dyson
 * used 14 May 2004, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people with optimism, that everyone has a gift. I don’t want anything but general happiness. Why is that bad? ~ Oscar Niemeyer
 * 3 Kalki 15:21, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:59, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

My ambition has always been to reduce a building’s support to a minimum. The more we diminish supporting structures, the more audacious and important the architecture is. That has been my life’s work. ~ Oscar Niemeyer
 * 3 Kalki 15:21, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:59, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

What an artist dies in me! ~ Nero (born December 15)
 * 2 Zarbon 03:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: Nero by Edward Champlin - History - 2003 - Page 51
 * 2 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Hidden talent counts for nothing. ~ Nero (born December 15)
 * 3 because talent is worth nothing if it isn't seen. The same can be said for decisions, ideas, and solutions. Hiding qualities will never allow others to comprehend and understand them. Zarbon 03:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: The Flames of Rome - Page 221 by Paul L. Maier - 1991
 * 1 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC) the ultimate measure of the effectiveness of both talent and genius is knowing when to show it, and when not to. Hidden talents can sometimes count a great deal.

I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between mathematics and physics, which was so enormously fruitful in past centuries, has recently ended in divorce. ~ Freeman Dyson
 * 3 Zarbon 07:00, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

I love the war because there is victory at its end. ~ Alp Arslan
 * 2 Zarbon 07:00, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)


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