- Today's the anniversary of these famous words: "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness..." http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2009/10/i-saw-best-minds-of-my-generation.html 29 comments books
- On this date in 1946, Leo Durocher is said to have coined the saying "Nice guys finish last." (But he may not have said it.) http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/07/leo-durocher-nice-guys-finish-last.html 8 comments baseball
- Someone in another reddit group suggested I ask people in this group their opinions on whether John F. Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" line was grammatically correct or not. Thoughts? http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/06/president-kennedys-ich-bin-ein-berliner.html 39 comments germany
- On this date in 1963, West Berliners who heard President Kennedy say "Ich bin ein Berliner" knew he wasn't talking about a jelly-filled doughnut... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/06/president-kennedys-ich-bin-ein-berliner.html 11 comments history
- The secret behind the famous book title "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"… http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/06/my-heart-is-lonely-hunter-by-fiona.html 3 comments books
- On this day in 1915, T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" was first published. (Source of the quotes "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons" and "Till human voices wake us, and we drown.") http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/06/i-have-measured-out-my-life-with-coffee.html 11 comments books
- Today is the 300th anniversary of the book that coined the sayings "A little learning is a dangerous thing" and "To err is human." http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/05/little-learning-is-dangerous-thing.html 7 comments books
- On this date in 1964, Robert F. Kennedy famously observed: "One-fifth of the people are against everything all of the time." Here's the historical context of that quote... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/05/about-one-fifth-of-people-are-against.html 12 comments history
- Today is the 103rd birthday of "Take Me Out the the Ball Game," which was written in 1908 by a guy who wasn't actually a baseball fan about a girl who was... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/05/take-me-out-to-ball-game.html 3 comments sports
- On this date in 1951, Gen. Douglas MacArthur made his famous "old soldiers never die" farewell speech. In President Truman's opinion, it was "nothing but a bunch of damn bullshit!" http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/04/old-soldiers-never-die-they-just-fade.html 5 comments history
- "The past is so often unknowable not because it is befogged now but because it was befogged then, too..." http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/04/now-he-belongs-to-ages-or-maybe-to.html 3 comments history
- On today's date in 1951, President Truman fired Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Years later, Truman gave a salty explanation of why he did it that became a famous quotation... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/04/i-didnt-fire-him-because-he-was-dumb.html 67 comments history
- Today's date is the anniversary of the Civil War event that The Band called "The Night They Drive Old Dixie Down" http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/04/april-2-1865-night-they-drove-old-dixie.html 4 comments history
- On this date in 1962, President John F. Kennedy famously said "Life is unfair." But today, most people don't know why he said it... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/03/life-is-unfair-as-john-f-kennedy.html 30 comments history
- This Day in Quotes: The famously awful origin of the quote "The pen is mightier than the sword." http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/03/pen-is-mightier-than-sword.html 14 comments books
- "Dying is an art, like everything else." On this date in 1963, poet Sylvia Plath committed suicide... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/02/dying-is-art-like-everything-else.html 28 comments books
- On today's date in 1941, the "V for Victory" campaign was born during World War II... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/01/origin-of-v-for-victory.html 4 comments history
- "Spare the rod and spoil the child" is not from the Bible and it may not mean what you think... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/11/spare-rod-and-spoil-child-is-not-in.html 10 comments books
- On this date, Teddy Roosevelt gave his famous and still controversial speech about "hyphenated Americans." http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/10/teddy-roosevelts-speech-on-hyphenated.html 10 comments history
- On this date, two immortal naval quotations were launched by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/09/we-have-met-enemy-and-they-are-ours.html 10 comments history
- On this date in religious history, "Trinitarianism" wins, "Arianism" loses, and the "The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost" become official... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/08/father-son-and-holy-ghost-become.html 10 comments history
- On this date in 1974, Gerald Ford became president, saying: "Our long national nightmare is over...our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men." One month later he pardoned Richard Nixon. http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/08/our-long-national-nightmare-is-over.html 6 comments history
- On this date, Hermann Göring sent his order for "the Final Solution of the Jewish Problem." http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/07/final-solution-of-jewish-problem.html 27 comments history
- Today in historical quotations: “Paris is worth a mass.” (“Paris veult une messe.”) http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/07/paris-is-worth-mass-paris-veult-une.html 4 comments history
- By a strange coincidence, a number of now famous "fighting words" were uttered on the date June 18... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/06/day-for-famous-fighting-words.html 3 comments history
- April 2, 1865 -- "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/04/april-2-1865-night-they-drove-old-dixie.html 3 comments history
- "I know nothing!" – the memorable catchphrase of a forgotten political party http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/02/i-know-nothing-memorable-slogan-of.html 3 comments history
- This Day in Quote History: The mother of all cliches... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/01/saddam-hussein-and-mother-of-all.html 3 comments history
- December 19 is the anniversary of Tom Paine's famous quote: "These are the times that try men's souls" -- which helped George Washington win the Battle of Trenton. http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2009/12/these-are-times-that-try-men-souls.html 3 comments history
- "Facts are stubborn things" – as John Adams pointed out on this date in 1770... http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2009/12/facts-are-stubborn-things-and-different.html 3 comments history
- Nov. 23 is the anniversary of John Milton's famous anti-censorship quote: "He who destroys a good book kills reason itself." In the past decade, the American Library Association (ALA) documented nearly 4,000 attempts made to ban books from local libraries. http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2009/11/he-who-destroys-good-book-kills-reason.html 4 comments books
- Jefferson’s bloody “Tree of Liberty” quote still fertilizes freedom and fanaticism http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2009/11/jefferson-bloody-tree-of-liberty-quote.html 4 comments history
- Castro said "History will absolve me," but it doesn’t seem likely. http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2009/10/castro-said-history-will-absolve-me-but.html 4 comments history
- What kind of reactions would Teddy Roosevelt's "Hyphenated Americans" speech get today from Michael Moore and Glenn Beck? http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2009/10/there-is-no-room-in-this-country-for.html 5 comments politics
- October 7 in Quote History - Allen Ginsberg first reads his poem "Howl" and Jack Kerouac records what happened on that wild night in his novel The Dharma Bums. http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2009/10/i-saw-best-minds-of-my-generation.html 4 comments books
- As a snotty high school kid, I wasn’t really moved by The Bridge of San Luis Rey or it’s famous stinkin’ quotation about love. Today, as a 59-year-old married man, father and grandfather, I am. http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2009/09/september-20-bridge-between-living-and.html 4 comments books
- If the "Don't tase me, bro" guy had carried an automatic weapon and yelled something like “You lie!” he could have avoided being tased and arrested. http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2009/09/dont-tase-me-bro-and-you-can-quote-me.html 8 comments politics