December 27

December 27 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * The time is always right to do what is right ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2004
 * Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight — always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? ~ J. M. Barrie (100th Anniversary of first performance of Peter Pan)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Except for the people who were there that one day they discovered the polio vaccine, being part of history is rarely a good idea. History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between. ~ Sarah Vowell (born 27 December 1969)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2006
 * I am on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner. ~ Louis Pasteur (born 27 December 1822)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * I am utterly convinced that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nations will eventually unite not to destroy but to edify, and that the future will belong to those who have done the most for the sake of suffering humanity. ~ Louis Pasteur
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * There never is any such thing as one truth to be found in dramatic art. There are many. These truths challenge each other, recoil from each other, reflect each other, ignore each other, tease each other, are blind to each other. Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost. ~ Harold Pinter (recent death)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. ~ Louis Pasteur
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me... ~ Louis Pasteur
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * Let me tell you the secret that has lead me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. ~ Louis Pasteur
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2015


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki, in relation to Darwin's embarking on his "Voyage of the Beagle" on this date in 1831.


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks after being located in a northern Russian prison camp.


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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


 * In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind. ~ Louis Pasteur
 * used 15 May 2004, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
Whether or not Big Brother is watching us, we certainly have to watch him, which may be even worse. ~ Wilfrid Sheed (born December 27, 1930)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 17:10, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 18:06, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 20:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

The desire not to destroy the palace but to move into it oneself has always been the occupational curse of revolutionaries. ~ Wilfrid Sheed
 * 3 InvisibleSun 17:10, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 20:10, 9 December 2010 (UTC) * 3 Kalki 18:06, 25 December 2007 (UTC) but with a lean toward 3 or even and eventual 4.
 * 3 because this is true. In history, many have abolished and created revolutions only to do the same their predecessors have done or even worse. Well said Sheed. Zarbon 20:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. ~ Oscar Levant
 * 4 Zarbon 04:17, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:25, 26 December 2015 (UTC) 2 Kalki 14:15, 25 December 2008 (UTC) but might rank this higher again in the future.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 03:05, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 00:07, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

I have no trouble with my enemies. But my god damn friends... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night. ~ Oscar Levant
 * 3 Zarbon 04:17, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:15, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side. ~ Oscar Levant
 * 3 Zarbon 04:17, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:15, 25 December 2008 (UTC)