User:Jeffq/Experiments/QotD: March/1

March 1 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004 : Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think. ~ John Stuart Mill


 * 2005 : Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. ~ Jef Raskin (recent death)


 * 2006 : I dreamt the past was never past redeeming: But whether this was false or honest dreaming I beg death's pardon now. And mourn the dead. ~ Richard Wilbur (date of birth)

Suggestions
'''… I will be a sham, but not a snob. I will let every man, woman, or child, no matter how greedy or wicked, claim to have a personal relationship with me. In other words, I will be as arbitrary, inconsistent, ignorant, pushy, and common as humans are, and what more have they ever wanted in a god?''' ~ the "small god"; "The Visitor" (2002) by Sheri S. Tepper (born March 1, 1968)


 * 3 Jeff Q (talk) 01:45, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

In contrast to my husband, I can pronounce the word nuclear. ~ Laura Welch Bush (March 1, 2005 speech)


 * 4 Jeff Q (talk) 01:45, 20 May 2006 (UTC)