January 27

January 27 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good. ~ Pythagoras
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * If you drink much from a bottle marked "poison" it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later. ~ Lewis Carroll (born 27 January 1832)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master — that's all." ~ Lewis Carroll ~
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * "In that direction," the Cat said, waving its right paw round, "lives a Hatter: and in that direction," waving the other paw, "lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad." "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here." ~ Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ~
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it. ~ Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2010
 * Twas brillig and the slithy toves, Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son, the jaws that bite and claws that scratch Beware the jubjub bird and shun the frumious bandersnatch." ~ Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * I suppose every child has a world of his own — and every man, too, for the matter of that. I wonder if that's the cause for all the misunderstanding there is in Life? ~ Lewis Carroll
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * I believe it is the duty of each of us to act as if the fate of the world depended on him. Admittedly, one man by himself cannot do the job. However, one man can make a difference... We must live for the future of the human race, and not for our own comfort or success. ~ Hyman G. Rickover
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


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 * 2014


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 * 2015


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 * 2016


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 * 2017


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 * 2018


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 * 2019


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 * 2020


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 * 2021


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 * 2022


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 * 2023


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 * 2024


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 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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


 * So many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible. ~ Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ~
 * Used 4 July 2012, suggested by Kalki

Suggestions
It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied. ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born January 27, 1756)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 11:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 19:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I never lie down at night without reflecting that — young as I am — I may not live to see another day. Yet no one of all my acquaintances could say that in company I am morose or disgruntled. ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * 3 InvisibleSun 11:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 19:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

'Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.' ~ Lewis Carroll
 * 3 InvisibleSun 11:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 19:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday — but never jam to-day. ~ Lewis Carroll
 * 3 InvisibleSun 11:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 19:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The format of the nightly newscasts is still very much 1981 — "Tremble, onlookers! I am the anchorman and now here is a miracle: a report by satellite from many thousands of miles away. I will return to introduce another one in due course." ~ Keith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 11:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 19:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. If you're in a public media setting and you're not expressing something of yourself, turn it over to someone who will. Just get out. Just go away and put somebody on who has a point of view, because the most dangerous thing about TV is its equalizing factor, its lowest common denominator factor. And that's what I fight against all the time. ~ Keith Olbermann
 * 3 InvisibleSun 11:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 19:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. ~ John Updike (died 27 January 2009)
 * 3 Kalki 22:47, 27 January 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4, but a preference to eventually use it on 18 March, his birthdate.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 23:51, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. ~ John Updike (died 27 January 2009)
 * 3 Kalki 22:47, 27 January 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4, but a preference to eventually use it on 18 March, his birthdate.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't. ~ Hyman G. Rickover
 * 2.5 Ningauble 00:24, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.

When doing a job — any job — one must feel that he owns it, and act as though he will remain in that job forever. ~ Hyman G. Rickover
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Everything new endangers something old. A new machine replaces human hands; a new source of power threatens old businesses; a new trade route wipes out the supremacy of old ports and brings prosperity to new ones. This is the price that must be paid for progress and it is worth it. ~ Hyman G. Rickover
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 bystander (talk) 23:51, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

All men are by nature conservative but conservatism in the military profession is a source of danger to the country. One must be ready to change his line sharply and suddenly, with no concern for the prejudices and memories of what was yesterday. To rest upon formula is a slumber that, prolonged, means death. ~ Hyman G. Rickover
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

To doubt one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Don't defend past actions; what is right today may be wrong tomorrow. Don't be consistent; consistency is the refuge of fools. ~ Hyman G. Rickover
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Is all our Life, then but a dream Seen faintly in the goldern gleam Athwart Time's dark resistless stream? ~ Lewis Carroll ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

All in the golden afternoon Full leisurely we glide; For both our oars, with little skill, By little arms are plied, While little hands make vain pretense Our wanderings to guide. ~ Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice. 'Who are you?' said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, 'I — I hardly know, sir, just at present — at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then. ~ Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

'Have you guessed the riddle yet?' the Hatter said, turning to Alice again. 'No, I give it up,' Alice replied: 'what's the answer?' 'I haven't the slightest idea,' said the Hatter. 'Nor I,' said the March Hare. Alice sighed wearily. 'I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, 'than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.' ~ Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

'I've a right to think,' said Alice sharply, for she was beginning to feel a little worried. 'Just about as much right,' said the Duchess, 'as pigs have to fly'. ~ Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

"When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master— that's all." ~ Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. ~ Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

You may seek it with thimbles — and seek it with care; You may hunt it with forks and hope; You may threaten its life with a railway-share; You may charm it with smiles and soap — ("That's exactly the method," the Bellman bold In a hasty parenthesis cried, "That's exactly the way I have always been told That the capture of Snarks should be tried!")  "'But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day, If your Snark be a Boojum! For then You will softly and suddenly vanish away, And never be met with again!'  ~ Lewis Carroll ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softly and suddenly vanished away — For the Snark was a Boojum, you see. ~ Lewis Carroll ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

We must be the change we wish to see in the world. Mahatma_Gandhi
 * (25 January 2016)