October 9

October 9 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. ~ Groucho Marx
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * I think the ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize that we are all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the human race and not to one particular color or border. ~ Mohamed ElBaradei, 2005 Nobel Peace Prize winner
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * Imagine all the people Sharing all the world... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one. ~ John Lennon ~ (born 9 October 1940)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. ~ John Lennon
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Builders and warriors, strengthen the steps. Reader, if you have not grasped — read again, after a while. The predestined is not accidental, The leaves fall in their time. And winter is but the harbinger of spring. All is revealed; all is attainable. ~ Nicholas Roerich ~ (born 9 October 1874)
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2009
 * Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out. It doesn't matter much to me. ~ John Lennon ~
 * proposed by Lyle


 * 2010
 * There's nothing you can do that can't be done Nothing you can sing that can't be sung Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game It's easy. All you need is love. ~ John Lennon ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011: Cease speaking of enemies when an achievement can kindle a great light. Solitude will transmit the message better than the murmurs of crowds. ~ Nicholas Roerich
 * 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 Zarbon


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2022


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2023


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Ranking system:
 * 4 : Excellent - should definitely be used.
 * 3 : Very Good - strong desire to see it used.
 * 2 : Good - some desire to see it used.
 * 1 : Acceptable - but with no particular desire to see it used.
 * 0 : Not acceptable - not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.

Suggestions
We're more popular than Jesus now. ~ John Lennon (date of birth)
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 23:14, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC) A famous quote, but one that Lennon himself stated was readily taken the wrong way by many people. If this is eventually used I would prefer to extend it for context:
 * I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first — rock and roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.


 * 2 InvisibleSun 16:57, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 04:08, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Lyle 17:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them. ~ Ivo Andric
 * 2 Zarbon 14:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:39, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Lyle 17:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be. ~ Ivo Andric
 * 2 Zarbon 14:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:39, 2 October 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 Lyle 17:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

What doesn't hurt - is not life; what doesn't pass - is not happiness. ~ Ivo Andric
 * 3 Zarbon 14:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:39, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Lyle 17:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

When I am not desperate, I am worthless. ~ Ivo Andric
 * 2 Zarbon 14:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:39, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Lyle 17:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear. ~ Ivo Andric
 * 2 Zarbon 14:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:39, 2 October 2008 (UTC) with a VERY strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 Lyle 17:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

The evolution of the New Era rests on the cornerstone of Knowledge and Beauty. ~ Nicholas Roerich
 * 2 Zarbon 14:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:39, 2 October 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 Lyle 17:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. ~ John Lennon
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:44, 5 October 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

There are no problems, only solutions. ~ John Lennon
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:44, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

''Christ, you know it ain't easy You know how hard it can be. The way things are going, they're going to crucify me.'' ~ John Lennon
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:44, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Half of what I say is meaningless But I say it just to reach you Julia. ~ John Lennon
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:44, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

That's part of our policy, is not to be taken seriously, because I think our opposition, whoever they may be, in all their manifest forms, don't know how to handle humor. ~ John Lennon
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:44, 5 October 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Last year was "All You Need Is Love." This year it's "Give Peace a Chance." Remember love. The only hope for any of us is peace. Violence begets violence. If you want to get peace, you can get it as soon as you like if we all pull together. You're all geniuses and you're all beautiful. You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace. Think peace, live peace, and breathe peace and you'll get it as soon as you like. ~ John Lennon
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:44, 5 October 2011 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.