Carpe diem its allure. This is not the original sense of the phrase as used by Horace. In modern English, the expression "YOLO", meaning "you only live once", expresses a similar sentiment. In the 1989 American film "Dead Poets Society", the English teacher John Keating, played by Robin Williams, famously says: "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." Later, this line was voted as the 95th greatest movie quote by the American Film Institute. The television series "Community" later satirized the film with the recurring character of Professor Whitman, a comedically eccentric version of Williams' character who uses "Carpe
Janice Meek a trustee of the Ocean Rowing Society, standing down from that position in 2005. Meek and her son Dan Byles were founding trustees of The Carpe Diem Foundation a charity aimed at helping ordinary people to undertake extraordinary achievements. Dan's election to Parliament in 2010 saw the charity closed and its monies distributed to other charitable organisations. In 2016 Jan was elected to the XX (Twenty Club) based in Hasting established by H. Rider Haggard In 2018 Jan led the establishment of the INSPIRATIONELLE Foundation a not for profit company limited by guarantee which much like the Carpe Diem Foundation