June 14

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice. ~ Arnold J. Toynbee

• selected by Kalki

2005

At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality... We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity will be transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force. ~ Che Guevara (14 June 1928 is his official date of birth, though it is disputed)

• selected by Kalki

2006

The longest day must have its close — the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. An eternal, inexorable lapse of moments is ever hurrying the day of the evil to an eternal night, and the night of the just to an eternal day. ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe (born 14 June 1811)

• selected by Kalki

2007

That play of black upon white, white upon black, has the intent and takes the form of creative art. It has in it a flow of the spirit and a harmony of music. Everything is lost when suddenly a false note is struck, or one party in a duet suddenly launches forth on an eccentric flight of his own. A masterpiece of a game can be ruined by insensitivity to the feelings of an adversary. ~ Yasunari Kawabata (born 14 June 1899)

• selected by Kalki

2008

True love ennobles and dignifies the material labors of life; and homely services rendered for love's sake have in them a poetry that is immortal. ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

• proposed by Kalki

2009

The Zen disciple sits for long hours silent and motionless, with his eyes closed. Presently he enters a state of impassivity, free from all ideas and all thoughts. He departs from the self and enters the realm of nothingness. This is not the nothingness or the emptiness of the West. It is rather the reverse, a universe of the spirit in which everything communicates freely with everything, transcending bounds, limitless. … The disciple must, however, always be lord of his own thoughts, and must attain enlightenment through his own efforts. And the emphasis is less upon reason and argument than upon intuition, immediate feeling. Enlightenment comes not from teaching but through the eye awakened inwardly. Truth is in "the discarding of words", it lies "outside words". ~ Yasunari Kawabata ~

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen. ~ Harry Turtledove

• proposed by Kalki

2011

In moments of great peril it is easy to muster a powerful response to moral stimuli; but for them to retain their effect requires the development of a consciousness in which there is a new priority of values. ~ Che Guevara

• proposed by Kalki

2012

By what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly sparkles out in new light, as a discovered diamond?

~ Harriet Beecher Stowe ~

• proposed by Kalki

2013

Each time I think I've made a connection with someone... once they find out what I can do, whether it's hours or days later, everything changes. Invariably they freak. They get retroactively paranoid, wondering what else Clark Kent is hiding from them.

~ Mark Waid ~ in ~ Superman: Birthright ~

• proposed by Kalki

2014

Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere.

~ Yasunari Kawabata ~

• proposed by Kalki

2015

What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic.

~ Harriet Beecher Stowe ~

• proposed by Kalki

2016

In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

~ Donald Trump ~

• proposed by Zarbon

2017

I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct.

~ Donald Trump ~

• proposed by Kalki

2018

Our country is a mess right now and we don't have time to pretend otherwise. We don't have time to waste on being politically correct.

~ Donald Trump ~

• proposed by Kalki

2019

The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.

~ Donald Trump ~

• proposed by Illegitimate Barrister

2020

I think I’ve done more for the black community than any other President — and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln, because he did good — but although it’s always questionable — you know, in other words, the end result.

~ Donald Trump ~

• proposed by Kalki

2021

When we see the beauty of the snow, when we see the beauty of the full moon, when we see the beauty of the cherries in bloom, when in short we brush against and are awakened by the beauty of the four seasons, it is then that we think most of those close to us, and want them to share the pleasure. The excitement of beauty calls forth strong fellow feelings, yearnings for companionship, and the word "comrade" can be taken to mean "human being".

~ Yasunari Kawabata ~

• proposed by Kalki

2022

When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength.

~ Donald Trump ~

• proposed by Kalki

2023

In my administration, I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law.

~ Donald Trump ~

• proposed by Kalki

2024

I made America great again, and I may have to do it again.

~ Donald Trump ~

• proposed by Kalki

2025

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O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, "Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!" There is no speech nor language where this voice is not heard; but the bold, bad man heard it not. He woke with an oath and a curse. What to him was the gold and purple, the daily miracle of morning! ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

• 3 Kalki 01:31, 15 June 2007 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
• 1 Zarbon 23:24, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:20, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
• 3 Ficaia (talk) 04:17, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

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In our zeal as revolutionists we try to move ahead as fast as possible, clearing the way, but knowing we must draw our sustenance from the mass and that it can advance more rapidly only if we inspire it by our example. ~ Che Guevara

• 3 Kalki 01:31, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 23:24, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:20, 13 June 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
• A footnote on the Wikipedia page for Che Guevara states: "Guevara's birth certificate was incorrectly and purposely dated one month later: June 14, 1928. Che's mother was three months pregnant when she married his father. To avoid possible scandal, she had a Rosario doctor forge the birth certificate to say that Che was born on June 14, instead of May 14, and then told her family he was born 2 months premature (Anderson 1997, p. 3)." As the WP and WQ pages now have a DOB of May 14, perhaps his QotD nominations should be moved to that day. - InvisibleSun 21:20, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
• 3 Ficaia (talk) 04:17, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

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Many things are possible. Few things are certain. ~ Harry Turtledove

• 2 Zarbon 15:20, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:20, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 21:49, 13 June 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.

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The earth is alive. If it was not, it could not produce: If you find a piece of earth that is dead, you cannot produce anything from it, except you resurrect it and restore it to life. ~ Heber C. Kimball

• 2 Zarbon 15:20, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:20, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 21:49, 13 June 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.

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How ever alienated one may be from the world, suicide is not a form of enlightenment. However admirable he may be, the man who commits suicide is far from the realm of the saint. ~ Yasunari Kawabata

• 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:19, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

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Grab them by the pussy! ~ Donald Trump

• 3. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs) 00:08, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
• 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

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If Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps, I would be dating her. ~ Donald Trump

• 3. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs) 00:08, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
• 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

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When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. ~ Donald Trump

• 3. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs) 00:10, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
• 1 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

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