November 20

November 20 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous. ~ Margot Fonteyn
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * The Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. ~ Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it. ~ Nadine Gordimer (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly. … Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change. ~ Robert F. Kennedy (born 20 November 1925)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * A revolution is coming — a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough — But a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability. ~ Robert F. Kennedy
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * My life seemed to be a series of events and accidents. Yet when I look back I see a pattern. ~ Benoît Mandelbrot
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * An extraordinary amount of arrogance is present in any claim of having been the first in "inventing" something. It's an arrogance that some enjoy, and others do not. Now I reach beyond arrogance when I proclaim that fractals had been pictured forever but their true role remained unrecognized and waited for me to be uncovered. ~ Benoît Mandelbrot
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * For most of my life, one of the persons most baffled by my own work was myself. ~ Benoît Mandelbrot
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 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 Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Humans, the only self-regarding animals, blessed or cursed with this torturing higher faculty, have always wanted to know why. ~ Nadine Gordimer, born that day
 * 3 UDScott 14:53, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:48, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 06:44, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

The facts are always less than what really happened. ~ Nadine Gordimer (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 21:29, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:48, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 06:44, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Lyle 15:42, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity. ~ Nadine Gordimer
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:48, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:44, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

It's this way: being captured is beside the point, the point is not to surrender. ~ Nazim Hikmet
 * 4 because dying with one's fundamentals is better than living without them. Zarbon 02:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:01, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Lyle 15:42, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:16, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

The strangest of our powers Is the courage to live Knowing that we will die, Knowing nothing more true. ~ Nazim Hikmet
 * 2 Zarbon 02:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:01, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:16, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

You're my bondage and my freedom, my flesh burning like a naked summer night, you're my country. Hazel eyes marbled green, you're awesome, beautiful, and brave, you're my desire always just out of reach. ~ Nazim Hikmet
 * 2 Zarbon 02:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:01, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:16, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Being a language, mathematics may be used not only to inform but also, among other things, to seduce. ~ Benoît Mandelbrot
 * 2 Zarbon 02:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:01, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:16, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version. ~ Don DeLillo
 * 3 Zarbon 02:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:01, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Lyle 15:42, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:16, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

I kept trying to tell people that just because I was young didn't mean I could speak for all young people. ~ Joe Biden
 * 3 Zarbon 19:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 11:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

There is a great deal of pressure, in the one particular area at least, to prostitute our ideas, if not our integrity. ~ Joe Biden
 * 3 and leaning toward a 4. Zarbon 19:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 11:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

A better man might have handled the situation with more grace than I did. A better man would have been able to separate his personal life from his career. ~ Joe Biden
 * 3 and leaning toward a 4. Zarbon 19:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 11:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC) no clear context provided.

I didn't argue that the war in Vietnam was immoral; it was merely stupid and a horrendous waste of time, money, and lives based on a flawed premise. ~ Joe Biden
 * 3 and leaning toward a 4. Zarbon 19:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 11:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

The fabric of our complex society is woven too tightly to permit any part of it to be damaged without damaging the whole. ~ Joe Biden
 * 3 Zarbon 19:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 11:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't built to look the other way because the law demanded it. The law might be wrong. ~ Joe Biden
 * 3 Zarbon 19:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 11:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

It required a lot less energy, intelligence, and competence to run against government than to try to make government work. ~ Joe Biden
 * 3 Zarbon 21:45, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 11:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

I, too, believe there are natural rights that predate any written political or legal documents; we have these rights merely because we're children of God. ~ Joe Biden
 * 3 Zarbon 21:45, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 11:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

''Almighty Framer of the Skies! O let our pure devotion rise, Like Incense in thy Sight! Wrapt in impenetrable Shade, The Texture of our Souls were made, Till thy Command gave Light.'' ~ Thomas Chatterton ~
 * 3 Kalki 11:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

How shall we celebrate the day, When God appeared in mortal clay, The mark of worldly scorn; When the Archangel's heavenly Lays, Attempted the Redeemer's Praise, And hail'd Salvation's Morn! ~ Thomas Chatterton ~
 * 3 Kalki 11:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

We are Goddes stewards all, nete of oure owne we bare. ~ Thomas Chatterton ~
 * 3 Kalki 11:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 16:38, 18 November 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 16:38, 18 November 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 16:38, 18 November 2013 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:07, 20 November 2023 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:07, 20 November 2023 (UTC)