December 12

December 12 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Every single moment of a person's life, both of the understanding and of the will, is a new beginning. ~ Emanuel Swedenborg
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst... In other words, I had a life. ~ Richard Pryor (recent death)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments. ~ Gustave Flaubert (Date of birth)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2007
 * I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation. … I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. ~ William Lloyd Garrison
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Klaatu barada nikto! ~ Patricia Neal as "Helen Benson" in The Day the Earth Stood Still
 * (The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), the remake of the classic movie, which also uses the line is opening in wide release on 12·12·2008)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * What is beautiful is moral, that is all there is to it. ~ Gustave Flaubert
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. ~ Gustave Flaubert
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * It seems to me that understanding that our theories are the source of all our conflicts would go a long way in helping people with different belief systems to get along. ~ Michael Gazzaniga
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ~ Frank Sinatra, born that day
 * 2 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:13, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

That which is not just is not law. ~ William Lloyd Garrison (Date of birth)
 * 3 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 0 Kalki 23:11, 11 December 2007 (UTC) 3 Kalki 19:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC) Though Garrison used this phrase, he was quoting Algernon Sydney: "That which is not just is not law, and that which is not law ought not to be obeyed." I have ranked this a 4 for 7 December, the date of Sydney's execution.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:13, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. ~ Robert Browning (Date of death)
 * 4 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 0 for this date, as this a mis-attribution... it is widely attributed to Nolan Bushnell (Founder of Atari), not to Browning.
 * 0 - InvisibleSun 23:43, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 0 for the reason stated above Zarbon 16:13, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

We should have known better after the first war. ~ Gerd von Rundstedt
 * 3 Zarbon 04:43, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:58, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:24, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. ~ Gustave Flaubert
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 14:26, 10 December 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. ~ Gustave Flaubert
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 14:26, 10 December 2012 (UTC) with a slight lean toward 4.