May 24

May 24 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004 : The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. ~ Carl Jung
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005 : I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. ~ Bob Dylan (born 24 May 1941)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006 : Every failure is a step to success. ~ William Whewell (born 24 May 1794)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2007
 * Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom. ~ Benjamin N. Cardozo (born 24 May 1870)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error. ~ William Whewell
 * proposed by Kalki (proposed and chosen without recognition that part of it had been used in 2006)


 * 2009
 * How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. ~ Bob Dylan ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. ~ Bob Dylan ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * Magic words and incantations are as fatal to our science as they are to any other. Methods, when classified and separated, acquire their true bearing and perspective as a means to an end, not as ends in themselves. We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is illusion. ~ Benjamin N. Cardozo
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 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 Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


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 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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


 * Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
 * used 15 August 2003; selected by Nanobug


 * I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
 * used 2 May 2004; selected by Kalki

Suggestions
Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation. ~ William Whewell (born May 24)
 * 3 because science is a deciphered truth, based on fact and fact alone. Misinterpretation has never played a role in the scientific defense, even when man has interpreted as such from nature itself. Zarbon 05:34, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.🗣 01:07, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation's mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nation's needs. ~ Jan Smuts (born May 24)
 * 3 because the needs and wants of man can be changed. Zarbon 05:33, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 J.A.R.N.Y. 00:58, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

The emotional appeal of nature is tremendous, sometimes almost more than one can bear. ~ Jan Smuts (born May 24)
 * 2 because the effects of nature on one can be irreperable. Zarbon 05:33, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 but would extend this to "The intimate rapport with nature is one of the most precious things in life. Nature is indeed very close to us; sometimes closer than hands and feet, of which in truth she is but the extension. The emotional appeal of nature is tremendous, sometimes almost more than one can bear."
 * 3 For the extended quotation. - InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.🗣 01:07, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

It is the army that finally makes a citizen of you; without it you still have a chance, however slim, to remain a human being. ~ Joseph Brodsky
 * 3 Zarbon 04:03, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

The formula for prison is a lack of space counterbalanced by a surplus of time. ~ Joseph Brodsky
 * 4 Zarbon 04:03, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 16:52, 16 May 2009 (UTC) * 2 Kalki 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Five or six hundred [aristocratic] heads lopped off would have assured you repose and happiness; a false humanity has restrained your arm and suspended your blows; it will cost the lives of millions of your brothers. ~ Jean-Paul Marat
 * 2 Zarbon 04:07, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

No force however great can stretch a cord however fine into an horizontal line which is accurately straight. ~ William Whewell
 * 2 Kalki 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 I remember seeing this quotation, beginning "Hence no force," etc., cited in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations as "an example of accidental rhyme and metre." In Bartlett's the quotation begins with "And so no force," etc. It might be better to restore the original phrasing, whichever it might be, so as to emphasize, by the cadence of the words, the serendipity of this rhymed-and-metered prose. - InvisibleSun 22:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 00:08, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 J.A.R.N.Y.🗣 01:07, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 09:26, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 09:26, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Real Christians do not carry their religion, their religion carries them. It is not weight, it is wings. It lifts them up, it sees them over hard places. It makes the universe seem friendly, life purposeful, hope real, sacrifice worthwhile. It sets them free from fear, futility, discouragement, and sin — the great enslaver of men's souls. You can know a real Christian when you see him, by his buoyancy. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 09:26, 4 April 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC), with a strong lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC), with a strong lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC), with a strong lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC)