March 17

March 17 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Try to have a good day today, wherever you are, whatever you do, whoever is near, if no one is near. Try to be happy, because you may not see tomorrow. There is someone this morning, who didn't wake up, who will never see this day. Try to feel lucky that this is not you. ~ Margaret Cho
 * proposed by IP 172.169.22.135


 * 2005
 * I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul's desire. ~ Saint Patrick (died 17 March 1493; St. Patrick's Day)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. There is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. ~ "V" in V for Vendetta (opened 17 March 2006)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Straighten up and fly right Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top. ~ Nat King Cole ~ (born 17 March 1919)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes. I am not keeping silent, nor am I hiding the signs and wonders that were shown to me by the Lord many years before they happened, who knew everything, even before the beginning of time. ~ Saint Patrick
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2009
 * Man dwells apart, though not alone, He walks among his peers unread; The best of thoughts which he hath known For lack of listeners are not said. ~ Jean Ingelow ~
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left Christ where I lie, Christ where I sit, Christ where I arise Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me. ~ Saint Patrick ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * That truth-is-stranger-than-fiction factor keeps getting jacked up on us on a fairly regular, maybe even exponential, basis. I think that's something peculiar to our time. I don't think our grandparents had to live with that. ~ William Gibson (17 March 1948)
 * proposed by Ningauble


 * 2012
 * If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me. ~ Saint Patrick
 * proposed by Ningauble


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2015


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki, for Saint Patrick's day, and the eternal struggles of humanity and the holy against the powers of darkness, ignorance, confusion and delusions.


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki — Boucicault's version of traditional Irish song, for St. Patrick's Day.


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by DanielTom


 * 2021


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Reign, and keep life in this our deep desire Our only greatness is that we aspire. ~ Jean Ingelow
 * 2 Zarbon 20:16, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 20:19, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 09:26, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:21, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

How short our happy days appear! How long the sorrowful! ~ Jean Ingelow
 * 2 Zarbon 20:16, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 20:19, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 09:26, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:21, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Just A Regular New Yorker 01:31, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

The good needs fear no law, It is his safety and the bad man's awe. ~ Philip Massinger (date of death/birth unknown)
 * 3 Zarbon 20:16, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 20:19, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 09:26, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:21, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Some undone widow sits upon mine arm, And takes away the use of it; and my sword, Glued to my scabbard with wronged orphans' tears, Will not be drawn. ~ Philip Massinger
 * 2 Zarbon 20:16, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 20:19, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 09:26, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:21, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


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