July 18

July 18 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time; and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. ~ Macbeth by William Shakespeare
 * selected by Nanobug


 * 2004
 * Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ~ Nelson Mandela (born 18 July 1918)
 * proposed by Aphaia
 * Very similar statements are attributed to others, but this particular form seems to be sourced to his autobiography.


 * 2006
 * To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; and to forgo even ambition when the end is gained — who can say this is not greatness? ~ William Makepeace Thackeray (born 18 July 1811)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * When I die, my money's not gonna come with me. My movies will live on for people to judge what I was as a person. I just want to stay curious. - Interview for London's Sunday Telegraph magazine, November 2007 ~ Heath Ledger (release date for his final major movie role as The Joker in The Dark Knight) (FYI, Ledger unexpectedly died earlier this year and this is his last film)
 * proposed by Boylo


 * 2009
 * It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity. When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both. Some say that has now been achieved. But I know that that is not the case. The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be oppressed. We have not taken the final step of our journey, but the first step on a longer and even more difficult road. For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. The true test of our devotion to freedom is just beginning. ~ Nelson Mandela
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. ~ Nelson Mandela
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * proposed by Kalki
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2016


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki in regard to his recent death.


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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


 * If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
 * used 23 February 2005; selected by Kalki


 * We picked up everything we could get our hands on. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug-collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
 * used 20 February 2006, proposed by User:Sir John Alexander Macdonald


 * The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us. ~ Nelson Mandela
 * used 9 May 2006, selected by Kalki


 * Used 10 December 2020; proposed by Jeandré du Toit<!-- : Originally suggested at 21 March, moved here (and with extended form to 10 December), as more appropriate dates.

"Let the strivings of us all, prove Martin Luther King Jr. to have been correct, when he said that humanity can no longer be tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war. Let the efforts of us all, prove that he was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace being more precious than diamonds or silver or gold." - Nelson Mandela, acceptance and Nobel lecture, (1993-12-10) * 3 Kalki 21:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC) Despite the merits of the quote, I am inclined to seek to use it another day, and focus on "Spring" quotes for this date (21 March). Note: It has become far more established a norm to post quotes with relationships to the dates, and after today, I will be moving this to 2 alternative dates 18 July which is Mandela's birthday, and in slightly extended form to the date of its delivery 10 December, which happens to be "Human Rights Day", and the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I am currently very inclined to use it on that date this year. ~ Kalki 2020·03·20 // This was indeed used on that date. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:08, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * proposed by User:Jeandré (20 March 2007) > [renamed] >
 * 3, to be used on a day associated with King or Mandela. - InvisibleSun 23:23, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 04:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Originally suggested at 21 March, but moved here (and 18 July), as more appropriate dates.

"Let the strivings of us all, prove Martin Luther King Jr. to have been correct, when he said that humanity can no longer be tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war. Let the efforts of us all, prove that he was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace being more precious than diamonds or silver or gold." - Nelson Mandela, acceptance and Nobel lecture, (1993-12-10) Let the strivings of us all, prove Martin Luther King Jr. to have been correct, when he said that humanity can no longer be tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war. Let the efforts of us all, prove that he was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace being more precious than diamonds or silver or gold. Let a new age dawn!
 * proposed by User:Jeandré (20 March 2007) > [renamed] >
 * 4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 9 December 2020 (UTC) 3 Kalki 21:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC) /// Despite the merits of the quote, I am inclined to seek to use it another day, and focus on "Spring" quotes for this date (21 March). Note: It has become far more established a norm to post quotes with relationships to the dates, and after today, I will be moving I have now moved this to 2 alternative dates 18 July which is Mandela's birthday, and in slightly extended form to the date of its delivery 10 December, which happens to be "Human Rights Day", and the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I am currently very inclined to use it on that date this year. ~ Kalki 2020·03·20, also prefer to extend it for context to read:
 * Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals of humanism which the Nobel Peace Prize encapsulates.


 * 3, to be used on a day associated with King or Mandela. - InvisibleSun 23:23, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 04:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC) -->

Suggestions
Any violence which does not spring from a spiritual base, will be wavering and uncertain. It lacks the stability which can only rest in a fanatical outlook. ~ Adolf Hitler, from Mein Kampf (published that day)
 * 2 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:20, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 121a0012 June 27, 2005 03:52 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 23:17, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 but on a more relative date. Zarbon 06:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Good humour may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
 * 3 Kalki 18:43, 17 July 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:22, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 06:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future. ~ Heath Ledger
 * 2 Kalki 01:21, 20 July 2008 (UTC) 4 Kalki 21:03, 17 July 2008 (UTC) different quote was used for actual opening day of The Dark Night thus downgrading my ranking of this one.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:28, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 05:06, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. ~ Nelson Mandela (birthday)


 * 2 Kalki 19:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Boychick, wake up! Be something! Make your life something good. For the love of an old man who sees in your young days his new life, for such love take the world in your two hands and make it like new. Go out and fight so life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills. ~ Clifford Odets (DoB)
 * 3 Ningauble 17:56, 23 June 2009 (UTC) seasonally appropriate for recent graduates (and a non-recent-graduate nephew of mine)
 * 2 Zarbon 05:06, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Stupid people, people who do not know how to laugh, are always pompous and self-conceited. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
 * 3 Kalki 19:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 18:17, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Bravery never goes out of fashion. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
 * 3 Kalki 19:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 18:17, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent. ~ Hunter S. Thompson


 * 2 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Only when they must choose between competing theories do scientists behave like philosophers. ~ Thomas Samuel Kuhn
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Paranoia is just another word for ignorance. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others- the living- are those who pushed their luck as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later. But the edge is still Out there. Or maybe it's In. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

So much for Objective Journalism. Don't bother to look for it here — not under any byline of mine; or anyone else I can think of. With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

The only ones left with any confidence at all are the New Dumb. It is the beginning of the end of our world as we knew it. Doom is the operative ethic. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but to those who see it coming and jump aside. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I have always believed that a man can fairly be judged by the standards and taste of his choices in matters of high-level plagiarism. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I detest racialism because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man. ~ Nelson Mandela
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. ~ Nelson Mandela
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. ~ Nelson Mandela
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated. ~ Nelson Mandela
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. ~ Nelson Mandela
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

It always seems impossible, until it is done. ~ Nelson Mandela
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
 * 3 bystander (talk) 06:40, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 22:57, 16 July 2014 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.