June 8

June 8 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action. ~ Lin Yutang
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * I have something to tell you today. Mac OS X has been leading a secret double life — for the past five years. ~ Steve Jobs (on the plans for Apple Computer to begin using Intel processors in its Macintosh computers)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright (born 8 June 1867)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * I knew that good like bad becomes a routine, that the temporary tends to endure, that what is external permeates to the inside, and that the mask, given time, comes to be the face itself. ~ Marguerite Yourcenar
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, "Can't you remember anything I told you?" and lets fly with a club. ~ John W. Campbell (born 8 June 1910)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * The scientist has marched in and taken the place of the poet. But one day somebody will find the solution to the problems of the world and remember, it will be a poet, not a scientist. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * Our civil laws will never be supple enough to fit the immense and changing variety of facts. Laws change more slowly than custom, and though dangerous when they fall behind the times are more dangerous still when they presume to anticipate custom. ~ Marguerite Yourcenar
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * Every generation of humans believed it had all the answers it needed, except for a few mysteries they assumed would be solved at any moment. And they all believed their ancestors were simplistic and deluded. What are the odds that you are the first generation of humans who will understand reality? ~ Scott Adams
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks on recent tragedies.


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Ilovemydoodle


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Every great architect is — necessarily — a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright (born 8 June 1867)
 * 3 Kalki 04:28, 3 August 2006 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 19:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 13:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 This isn't really unique to architecture. You can say the same about any art form. J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣️|📧 23:29, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 1 Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 00:49, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright (born 8 June 1867)
 * 3 Kalki 04:28, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 19:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 13:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣️|📧 23:29, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 1 Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 00:49, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright (born 8 June 1867)
 * 3 Kalki 04:28, 3 August 2006 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 19:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 13:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣️|📧 23:29, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 2 Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 00:49, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to appreciate bodily motions. ~ Marguerite Yourcenar (born June 8, 1903)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 19:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:31, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 13:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 I don't really get this. Is she criticizing literature, or just praising speech by comparison? J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣️|📧 23:29, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 1 Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 00:49, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books. ~ Marguerite Yourcenar
 * 3 InvisibleSun 19:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:31, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 13:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣️|📧 23:29, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 2 Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 00:49, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to cherish. ~ Marguerite Yourcenar
 * 3 InvisibleSun 19:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:31, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 13:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣️|📧 23:29, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 1 Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 00:49, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

A touch of madness is, I think, almost always necessary for constructing a destiny. ~ Marguerite Yourcenar
 * 3 Kalki 23:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:53, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣️|📧 23:29, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 4 Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 00:36, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

There’s nothing more humbling than seeing your best quotes in a list, and thinking they could have been written by a coma patient with a keyboard and spasms. ~ Scott Adams
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 16:50, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.|🗣️|📧 23:29, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 3 Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 00:37, 8 June 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 22:44, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * 2 Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 00:49, 8 June 2022 (UTC)