# September 7

Quotes of the day from previous years:

## 2004

    Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
   * selected by Kalki

## 2005

    I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. ~ Edith Sitwell (born 7 September 1887)
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2006

    Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd. ~ Edith Sitwell (born 7 September 1887)
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2007

    Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?. ~ Edith Sitwell
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2008

    The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace. ~ Nikita Khrushchev
   * proposed by MosheZadka

## 2009

    I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday, as I have thought of it, as I remember all the things from childhood on through the years, good ones, and unpleasant ones, that is how they come out and that is how we have to take them. I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it. I was happy and contented, I knew nothing better and made the best out of what life offered. And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. ~ Grandma Moses
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2010

    As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality. It should make our days holy to us. The poet should speak to all men, for a moment, of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten. ~ Edith Sitwell
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2011

    It is a part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees. ~ Edith Sitwell
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2012

* I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty… But I am too busy thinking about myself.
* ~ Edith Sitwell ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2013

* Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.
* ~ Elizabeth I of England ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2014

* My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.
* ~ Edith Sitwell ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2015

* Still falls the Rain — Dark as the world of man, black as our loss — Blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails Upon the Cross.
* ~ Edith Sitwell ~
   * proposed by Kalki; not only is it Sitwell's birthday, but it is also the date on which the Blitz which she writes about in the poem began.

## 2016

* When a nation threatens another nation the people of the latter forget their factionalism, their local antagonisms, their political differences, their suspicions of each other, their religious hostilities, and band together as one unit. Leaders know that, and that is why so many of them whip up wars during periods of national crisis, or when the people become discontented and angry. The leaders stigmatize the enemy with every vice they can think of, every evil and human depravity. They stimulate their people’s natural fear of all other men by channeling it into a defined fear of just certain men, or nations. Attacking another nation, then, acts as a sort of catharsis, temporarily, on men’s fear of their immediate neighbors. This is the explanation of all wars, all racial and religious hatreds, all massacres, and all attempts at genocide.
* ~ Taylor Caldwell ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2017

* Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, and then perhaps we shall learn the truth . . . but let us beware of publishing our dreams before they have been put to the proof by the waking understanding.
* ~ August Kekulé ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2018

* We’re only here for a little while, and you’ve got to have some fun, right? I don’t take myself seriously, and I think the ones that do, there’s some sickness with people like that.
* ~ Burt Reynolds ~
   * proposed by Kalki, in regard to his recent death.

## 2019

* I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live.
* ~ Grandma Moses ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2020

* Donald Trump’s hold on history loosened, and may be breaking. In some new way his limitations are being seen and acknowledged, and at a moment when people are worried about the continuance of their country and their own ability to continue within it. He hasn’t been equal to the multiple crises. Good news or bad, he rarely makes any situation better. And everyone kind of knows.
* ~ Peggy Noonan ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2021

* Learning … should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of noble and learned men, not a conducted tour through a jail. So its surroundings should be as gracious as possible, to complement it.
* ~ Taylor Caldwell ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2022

* We shouldn't be daunted by the challenges we face. As strong as the storm may be, I know that the British people are stronger. Our country was built by people who get things done. We have huge reserves of talent, of energy, and determination. I am confident that together we can ride out the storm, we can rebuild our economy, and we can become the modern brilliant Britain that I know we can be. This is our vital mission to ensure opportunity and prosperity for all people and future generations. I am determined to deliver.
* ~ Liz Truss ~
   * proposed by Kalki in regard of her recent appointment as Prime Minister of the UK.

## 2023

* Fly me high through the starry skies Maybe to an astral plane Cross the highways of fantasy Help me to forget today's pain. Ooh, dream weaver I believe you can get me through the night Ooh, dream weaver I believe we can reach the morning light Though the dawn may be coming soon There still may be some time Fly me away to the bright side of the moon Meet me on the other side.
* ~ Gary Wright ~
   * proposed by Kalki; in regard of his recent death.

## 2024

* It is a stern fact of history that no nation that rushed to the abyss ever turned back. Not ever, in the long history of the world. We are now on the edge of the abyss. Can we, for the first time in history, turn back? It is up to you.
* ~ Taylor Caldwell ~
   * proposed by bystander

## 2025

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## Suggestions

God may forgive you, but I never can. ~ Elizabeth I of England (date of birth)
* 3 Kalki 22:50, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
* 2 Zarbon 21:59, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
* 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 14:45, 23 August 2013 (UTC) No context.
A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government. ~ Taylor Caldwell
* 3 Zarbon 06:50, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
* 2 Kalki 23:56, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
* 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 14:45, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
Within your magic web of hair, lies furled The fire and splendour of the ancient world; The dire gold of the comet's wind-blown hair; The songs that turned to gold the evening air When all the stars of heaven sang for joy. ~ Edith Sitwell
* 3 Kalki 15:58, 6 September 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
* 1 Zarbon 04:23, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
* 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 14:45, 23 August 2013 (UTC)