October 28

October 28 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * We're just being ourselves and having fun playing baseball. The biggest thing is when people look at our team, they can see that we're having a lot of fun. ~ Johnny Damon
 * selected by Kalki, Damon, as a Boston Red Sox player the year Boston "reversed" the "Curse of the Bambino" by winning the 2004 World Series.


 * 2005
 * Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will grade him for wisdom as measured both by survival and by the quality of life of those who survive. ~ Jonas Salk (born 28 October 1914)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish. ~ Evelyn Waugh (born 28 October 1903)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * I have dreams, and I have nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams. ~ Jonas Salk (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens. ~ Jigoro Kano
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2009
 * The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. ~ Jonas Salk (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * Paradoxically, the man who has failed and one who is at the peak of success are in exactly the same position. Each must decide what he will do next, choose the course that will lead him to the future. ~ Jigoro Kano
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * My attitude was always to keep open, to keep scanning. I think that's how things work in nature. Many people are close-minded, rigid, and that's not my inclination. ~ Jonas Salk
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Ningauble


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to his recent death.


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to the recent special forces operation against ISIL.


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2022


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. ~ Bill Gates, born that day
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:56, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ UDScott 12:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Ningauble 16:14, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 19:48, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

If at first you don't succeed, maybe losing is your style. Chris Lang October 28th 2008

To know and love another human being is the root of all wisdom. ~ Evelyn Waugh (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 18:52, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 ~ UDScott 12:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 (unsourced) Ningauble 16:14, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ Ningauble 00:15, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0. I can't find this quote on the Waugh page. - InvisibleSun 19:48, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:28, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This is a line from Brideshead Revisited, which has now been added to the page. ~ Kalki 22:12, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame. ~ Jigoro Kano 1 * 3 Kalki 15:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC) This seems to be a general Japanese proverb; I found no published mention of Jigoro Kano as its author. ~ Kalki 19:01, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Zarbon 05:39, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 ~ UDScott 12:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 (unsourced) Ningauble 16:14, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced to Kano. - InvisibleSun 19:48, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: actually, this quote is attributed heavily to Jigoro Kano and Judo training. I located many books that have the quote, but I'm having trouble locating the exact source crediting Kano as the sole author. I'm pretty sure he did say it though. Zarbon 23:12, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. ~ Bill Gates
 * 3 Zarbon 05:39, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 15:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ UDScott 12:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Ningauble 16:14, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 19:48, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. ~ Evelyn Waugh
 * 3 Kalki 06:01, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

I came to the conclusion many years ago that almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression. ~ Evelyn Waugh
 * 3 Kalki 06:01, 19 October 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances, and helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy. ~ Jigoro Kano
 * 3 Kalki 06:23, 19 October 2009 (UTC)


 * 3.25. October 28, because that is the man's birthday. Statement condemning the enslavement of African people. Spelling has been modernized from the 18th century one. – Illegitimate Barrister 21:14, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


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