July 27

July 27 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. ~ Paul Wolfowitz
 * selected by Nanobug


 * 2004
 * When I was a kid my parents used to tell me: "Don't go near the cellar door, Emo!" One day when they were away, I went to the door and opened it... and I saw birds and trees... ~ Emo Philips
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends, There's nothing worth the wear of winning, But laughter and the love of friends. ~ Hilaire Belloc (born 27 July 1870)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * In soft deluding lies let fools delight. A shadow marks our days, which end in Night. ~ Hilaire Belloc
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * A heart, a heart that hurts, is a heart, a heart that works. ~ Juliana Hatfield (born 27 July 1967)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * It was my shame, and now it is my boast, That I have loved you rather more than most. ~ Hilaire Belloc
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. ~ Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
 * proposed by IP 202.54.176.11


 * 2010
 * I've been sleeping through my life Now I'm waking up And I want to stand in the sunshine I have never been ecstatic Had a flower but it never bloomed In the darkness of my wasted youth It was hiding in the shadows Learning to become invisible Uncover me. ~ Juliana Hatfield ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. ~ Hilaire Belloc
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * proposed by Kalki
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Gbern3


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki, for a traditional feast day of Seven Sleepers.


 * 2016


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of her recent death.


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Hello Fry, I am...[stops mid-sentence, throws multi-sided dice]...pleased to meet you" (Gary Gygax, born that day, voicing himself on Futurama)
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 10:02, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 121a0012 June 28, 2005 02:36 (UTC) (I've never seen a single-sided die.)
 * 1 because there are hundreds if not thousands of better Futurama quotes. Zarbon 14:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 22:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Quamquam haec severa matromonia. -- Tacitus
 * However there the marriage is serious
 * 3 Aphaia (very personal preference, this day is our marriage day ;-)
 * 1 Zarbon 14:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game. ~ Gary Gygax
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 00:25, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 14:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:15, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

The books I write because I want to read them, the games because I want to play them, and stories I tell because I find them exciting personally. ~ Gary Gygax
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 00:25, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 14:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:15, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Oh! once the harp of Innisfail Was strung full high to notes of gladness; But yet it often told a tale Of more prevailing sadness. ~ Thomas Campbell
 * 3 Zarbon 19:48, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 22:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:15, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade, And furious every charger neighed To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills with thunder riven, Then rushed the steed to battle driven, And louder than the bolts of heaven Far flashed the red artillery. ~ Thomas Campbell ~
 * 2 Kalki 22:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3
 * 2 Zarbon 18:25, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

''The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave!'' ~ Thomas Campbell ~
 * 2 Kalki 22:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3, or eventual 4
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:15, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 18:25, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Anchorites used to ill-treat themselves in the way they did, so that the common people would not begrudge them the beatitude they would enjoy in heaven. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 Suffering, goodness and heaven, important themes in Pavese; and witty. Nemo 14:07, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 21:35, 6 July 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 22:49, 26 July 2022 (UTC)