Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
~ Joseph Brackett ~

• selected by Kalki

2005

Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way . . . out of that a new holiday was born . . . a Festivus for the rest of us! ~ Jerry Stiller as "Frank Costanza" in Seinfeld (Festivus holiday)

• proposed by UDScott

2006

The final frontier is perhaps the most difficult, but it's also the most important — and that's the frontier of the human spirit. For too long, people have allowed differences on the surface — differences of color, ethnicity, and gender — to tear apart the common bonds they share. And the human spirit suffers as a result.
Imagine a world in which we saw beyond the lines that divide us, and celebrated our differences, instead of hiding from them. Imagine a world in which we finally recognized that, fundamentally, we are all the same. And imagine if we allowed that new understanding to build relations between people and between nations. ~ Wesley Clark

• proposed by Kalki

2007

I think we should be very clear on this... this country was founded on the principles of the Enlightenment... It was the idea that people could talk, reason, have dialogue, discuss the issues. It wasn't founded on the idea that someone would get struck by a divine inspiration and know everything right from wrong. I mean, people who founded this country had religion, they had strong beliefs, but they believed in reason, in dialogue, in civil discourse. We can’t lose that in this country. We've got to get it back. ~ Wesley Clark (born 23 December 1944)

• proposed by Kalki

2008

Suggestions

It's a Festivus miracle! ~ Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld, celebrating this "holiday" on this date.

• 2 ~ UDScott 21:51, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
• 1 - --Mister Six 11:10, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 20:15, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

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Working together, we can build a world in which the rule of law — not the rule of force — governs relations between states. A world in which leaders respect the rights of their people, and nations seek peace, not destruction or domination. And neither we nor anyone else should live in fear ever again. ~ Wesley Clark

• 4 Kalki 18:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC) * 3 Kalki 15:56, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 12:56, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 20:15, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

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If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change. ~ Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

• 3 Zarbon 05:52, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 18:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

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No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober. ~ Samuel Smiles

• 4 Zarbon 05:52, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 18:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

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"Heaven helps those who help themselves" is a well tired maxim, embodying in a small compass the results of a vast human experience. The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigour and strength. ~ Samuel Smiles

• 3 Zarbon 05:52, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 18:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

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Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims. ~ Wesley Clark

• 2 Zarbon 05:52, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 18:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

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We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. ~ Samuel Smiles

• 3 Kalki 18:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 15:01, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

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