September 1

September 1 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * There is no sudden entrance into Heaven. Slow is the ascent by the path of Love. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls. ~ Bruce Fairchild Barton
 * proposed by Kalki, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina


 * 2006
 * I like a huge range of comedy — from broad and farcical, the most sensitive, the most understated — but I always wanted my comedy to be more embracing of the species rather than debasing of it. ~ Lily Tomlin
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * I have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves… I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness. ~ Lily Tomlin
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Deep in the minds of the apes was rooted the conviction that Tarzan was a mighty fighter and a strange creature. Strange because he had had it in his power to kill his enemy, but had allowed him to live — unharmed. ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants thereof. Lev. XXV X ~ Inscription on the Liberty Bell ~ (delivered to Philadelphia on this date in 1752)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * We've traveled halfway 'round the world To find ourselves again — September morn — We danced until the night became a brand new day, Two lovers playing scenes from some romantic play — September morning still can make me feel that way. ~ Neil Diamond ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death. ~ C. J. Cherryh
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2012


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki — in regard to the close approach of the 5 km NEO 3122 Florence, on this date.


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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


 * We'd all like t'vote fer th'best man, but he's never a candidate. ~ Kin Hubbard
 * used 2 November 2004, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
It is well that war is so terrible — lest we should grow too fond of it. ~ Robert E. Lee
 * Comment: WWII started on Sept. 1
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 13:18, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ Kalki I would prefer to use this on a day more associated with Lee, or the US Civil War rather than another specific war, there I might rank it 3 or 4.
 * 1 but a 3 if used on a more relevant date Zarbon 21:49, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:06, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

If I go out of public life with one feeling, with one conviction, it is this: a deep regret for many bitter words I have used in my life, deep sincere repentance for my violence of language. But I hope they will be forgiven me by God and man, because not once in all my life have I attacked anybody unjustly from my point of view, and without believing it was my duty to do so. ~ Henri Bourassa
 * 2 Zarbon 04:37, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:06, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:13, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

DO NOT HARM THE THINGS WHICH ARE TARZAN'S. TARZAN WATCHES. TARZAN OF THE APES. ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs (born 1 September 1875)
 * 3 Kalki 23:13, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 and I like Clayton the hunter. Zarbon 15:26, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

A personification, was Tarzan of the Apes, of the primitive man, the hunter, the warrior. With the noble poise of his handsome head upon those broad shoulders, and the fire of life and intelligence in those fine, clear eyes, he might readily have typified some demigod of a wild and warlike bygone people of his ancient forest. ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 19:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

He progressed very, very slowly, for it was a hard and laborious task which he had set himself without knowing it — a task which might seem to you or me impossible — learning to read without having the slightest knowledge of letters or written language, or the faintest idea that such things existed. He did not accomplish it in a day, or in a week, or in a month, or in a year; but slowly, very slowly, he learned. ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 19:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

His strange life had left him neither morose nor bloodthirsty. That he joyed in killing, and that he killed with a joyous laugh upon his handsome lips betokened no innate cruelty. He killed for food most often, but, being a man, he sometimes killed for pleasure, a thing which no other animal does; for it has remained for man alone among all creatures to kill senselessly and wantonly for the mere pleasure of inflicting suffering and death. And when he killed for revenge, or in self-defense, he did that also without hysteria, for it was a very businesslike proceeding which admitted of no levity. ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 19:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Let all respect Tarzan of the Apes and Kala, his mother. There be none among you as mighty as Tarzan. Let his enemies beware. ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 19:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Only those who saw this terrible god of the jungle died; for was it not true that none left alive in the village had ever seen him? Therefore, those who had died at his hands must have seen him and paid the penalty with their lives. ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 19:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch. ~ Jane Wagner & Lily Tomlin
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 19:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. ~ Jane Wagner & Lily Tomlin
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 19:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. ~ Jane Wagner & Lily Tomlin
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 19:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. ~ Chapman Cohen
 * 3 DanielTom (talk) 02:36, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 02:45, 16 January 2014 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

When you lov’d me, and I lov’d you, Then both of us were born anew. ~ William Cartwright (dramatist)
 * 3 Ficaia (talk) 02:42, 15 July 2024 (UTC)