March 5

March 5 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth. ~ Dawn of the Dead (1978) by George Romero
 * proposed by IP 172.170.76.22


 * 2005
 * The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this way." ~ Grace Hopper
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party — though they are quite numerous — is no freedom at all. Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters. ~ Rosa Luxemburg (born 5 March 1870 or 1871)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * I've always wanted to make the world a more rational place. I'm still working on it. ~ Penn Jillette (born 5 March 1955)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during the story I could stop, and ask, Now do you want the hero to be kidnapped, or not? But that would, of course, have ruined the story. Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision. ~ Penn Jillette
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man. ~ William Beveridge
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. ~ Grace Hopper
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * This is a haunted world. It hath no breeze But is the echo of some voice beloved: Its pines have human tones; its billows wear The color and the sparkle of dear eyes. Its flowers are sweet with touch of tender hands That once clasped ours. All things are beautiful Because of something lovelier than themselves, Which breathes within them, and will never die.— Haunted,—but not with any spectral gloom; Earth is suffused, inhabited by heaven. ~ Lucy Larcom ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means. ~ Zhou Enlai
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2013


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2014


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
HOPE
 * Sees the invisible
 * Feels the intangible
 * Achieves the impossible


 * initially proposed on the posting page as "A saying quoted often from memory by my sister (source is unknown)" by Tara 11:40, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 March 2020 (UTC) 2 Kalki 21:24, 4 March 2006 (UTC) (a good statement, but I greatly prefer using traceable quotes to anonymous ones for QOTD, as well as ones with some relevance to the date)
 * 1 Zarbon 04:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC) - I like the quote, but since it is unsourced, I do not feel it is appropriate for QOTD.

All the world's most powerful governments pay millions of dollars for seas and deserts, 100's of acres of land bought for ownership, and improvement done for later benefit. Because it's land that is forever stable, money is just paper. ~ Vazgen Sargsyan (born March 5)
 * 3 because land has remained stagnant although many things are not. Zarbon 04:15, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 15:22, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Nothing shocks me more than ferocity against the vanquished, especially when victors take poses. Between the dogs and the wolf, I shall always side with the wolf, especially when he is wounded. ~ Jacques Vergès
 * 3 Zarbon 02:20, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 17:01, 3 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 2 UDScott 15:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:48, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

China is an attractive piece of meat coveted by all … but very tough, and for years no one has been able to bite into it. ~ Zhou Enlai
 * 2 Zarbon 02:20, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 March 2020 (UTC) 2 Kalki 17:01, 3 March 2009 (UTC), with perhaps still a lean toward 2.
 * 2 UDScott 15:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:48, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it. ~ Siegbert Tarrasch
 * 3 Zarbon 02:20, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 0 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 March 2020 (UTC) 2 Kalki 17:01, 3 March 2009 (UTC) this is a misattribution, it is actually a statement of Aron Nimzowitsch.
 * 2 UDScott 15:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

I have always believed that success would be the inevitable result if the two services, the army and the navy, had fair play, and if we sent the right man to fill the right place. ~ Austen Henry Layard
 * 3 Zarbon 02:20, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 17:01, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:48, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

To avenge a wrong done to you, is to rob yourself of the comfort of crying out against the injustice of it. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * proposed by Nemo 13:57, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 because it's witty and Pavese is not only about suffering. Nemo 13:57, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 0 bystander (talk) 16:32, 19 February 2012 (UTC) Don't understand connection to this date.
 * Not every quotation can (or should) have a connection with the date. --Nemo 14:54, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * That observation is correct, and when there is no clear connection with the date which I can discern, but the quote itself is notable I often will rank it at least a 1, and sometimes 2 or more. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 15:12, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


 * 1 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 March 2020 (UTC) 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 15:14, 14 March 2012 (UTC) though I might rank it higher on a page clearly related by date, or if nothing better connected to the date were to be suggested here.


 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 4 March 2016 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.


 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 4 March 2020 (UTC), Ibsen's portrayal of the Roman emperor Julian; in regard to the start of Julian's military campaign against the Sasanian Empire on this date in 363.