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
Sumer Is Icumen In balm. Sing goddamm, damm, sing goddamm, Sing goddamm, sing goddamm, DAMM. </poem> The song is also parodied by "P. D. Q. Bach" (Peter Schickele) as "Summer is a cumin seed" for the penultimate movement of his Grand Oratorio "." The song is also referenced in "Carpe Diem," by The Fugs on their 1965 debut album, "The Fugs First Album." <poem> Carpe diem, Sing, cuckoo sing, Death is a-comin in, Sing, cuckoo sing. death is a-comin in. </poem> Another parody is "Plumber is icumen in" by A.Y. Campbell : <poem> Plumber is icumen in; Bludie big tu-du. Bloweth lampe, and showeth