November 25

November 25 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. ~ Tecumseh
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future. ~ Ba Jin (born 25 November 1904)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * If we have learned anything at all in this century, it is that all new technologies will be put to use, sooner or later, for better or worse, as it is in our nature to do. ~ Lewis Thomas (born November 25, 1913)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2007
 * Loving truth and living honestly is my attitude to life. Be true to yourself and be true to others, thus you can be the judge of your behavior. ~ Ba Jin (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Statistically the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you would think the mere fact of existence would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise. We are alive against the stupendous odds of genetics, infinitely outnumbered by all the alternates who might, except for luck, be in our places. ~ Lewis Thomas
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * Now and then it occurs to one to reflect upon what slender threads of accident depend the most important circumstances of his life; to look back and shudder, realizing how close to the edge of nothingness his being has come. ~ Upton Sinclair (date of death)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2010
 * The battle to save life is still going on. … This battle to save life will eventually be won. … Blind faith in established experience has been shattered, outmoded regulations have been smashed. ~ Ba Jin
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself. He is humiliated by his simian ancestry, and tries to deny his animal nature, to persuade himself that he is not limited by its weaknesses nor concerned in its fate. ~ Upton Sinclair (date of death)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by UDScott
 * 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


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Not a single leaf moves in this country if I'm not the one moving it. I want that to be clear! ~ Augusto Pinochet (born November 25)
 * 3 because taking responsibility is admirable. Zarbon 06:09, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 13:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC) because pompous hubris is not admirable at all.
 * 1 Antiquary 20:23, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 23:19, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. ~ Augusto Pinochet (born November 25)
 * 3 because actions speak louder than words. Zarbon 06:09, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 13:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Antiquary 20:23, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 23:19, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't remember, but it's not true. It's not true, and If it were true, I don't remember. ~ Augusto Pinochet (born November 25)
 * 3 because this answers questions before they are asked. Magnificent answer guideline. Zarbon 06:09, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
 * [SOURCE: Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet]
 * 1 Kalki 13:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Antiquary 20:23, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Good political leadership for me involves getting the big decisions right — however difficult, however controversial, however potentially divisive and then being able to take people with you. And that requires something else as well — being wise enough to know when it's time to listen. ~ Charles Kennedy
 * 2 Zarbon 23:59, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 13:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 20:23, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:19, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

The relationship of a people to their homeland is crucial. A people will naturally have a difficult time maintaining a common cultural identity without a collective presence in their homeland. Only in its homeland can a people develop economically, culturally and socially as a homogeneous entity. In fact, this is the crux of why some of us consider it necessary to struggle to live in our homeland. ~ Monte Melkonian
 * 3 Zarbon 03:17, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 13:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 20:23, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:19, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

While many of us feel a strong emotional attachment to our homeland, we should not allow emotions to deter us from speaking of things the way they really are. ~ Monte Melkonian
 * 3 Zarbon 03:17, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 13:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 20:23, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:19, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

If it could save a person’s life, could you find a way to save ten seconds off the boot time?'' If there were five million people using the Mac, and it took ten seconds extra to turn it on every day, that added up to three hundred million or so hours per year people would save, which was the equivalent of at least one hundred lifetimes saved per year. ~ Steve Jobs
 * 4 Watti Renew 12:33, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved here from a direct edit of the qotd bystander (talk) 00:06, 3 December 2012 (UTC)


 * 1 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:36, 24 November 2013 (UTC) no clear relationship to the date.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 03:03, 25 November 2016 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 03:03, 25 November 2016 (UTC)