December 14

December 14 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies. ~ The Talmud
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation with full recognition that every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration, that constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought, that smears are not only to be expected but fought, that honor is to be earned but not bought. ~ Margaret Chase Smith (born 14 December 1897)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * My deepest impulses are optimistic; an attitude that seems to me as spiritually necessary and proper as it is intellectually suspect. ~ Ellen Willis (born 14 December 1941)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2007
 * I had determined to go as far as declaring in abstruse and puzzling utterances the future causes of the "common advent", even those truly cogent ones that I have foreseen. Yet lest whatever human changes may be to come should scandalise delicate ears, the whole thing is written in nebulous form, rather than as a clear prophecy of any kind. ~ Nostradamus‎ (born 14 December 1503)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * The Art of Peace is not easy. It is a fight to the finish, the slaying of evil desires and all falsehood within. On occasion the Voice of Peace resounds like thunder, jolting human beings out of their stupor. ~ Morihei Ueshiba (born 14 December 1883)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. ~ Margaret Chase Smith
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * The project of organizing a democratic political movement entails the hope that one's ideas and beliefs are not merely idiosyncratic but speak to vital human needs, interests and desires, and therefore will be persuasive to many and ultimately most people. But this is a very different matter from deciding to put forward only those ideas presumed (accurately or not) to be compatible with what most people already believe. ~ Ellen Willis
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2011
 * There’s a day to ride thumb on a thunderhead There’s a day to make fantasy real There’s a day to deny and a day to decry and a day for the man the wind at his heels. ~ Mike Scott ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 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 JessRek6


 * 2019


 * proposed by ΞΔΞ


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki

2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. ~ George Washington (Date of death)
 * 3 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:14, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 0 Kalki 19:51, 13 December 2007 (UTC) 3 Kalki 18:14, 13 December 2006 (UTC) This isn't actually a quote of Washington himself but one of lessons he copied out of a book as a school boy.
 * 0 because for one I do not agree with it and second, because it wasn't said by him originally. Zarbon 16:23, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

I think that it is high time that we remembered that the Constitution, as amended, speaks not only of the freedom of speech but also of trial by jury instead of trial by accusation. ~ Margaret Chase Smith (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 22:54, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:14, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:23, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Ningauble 14:07, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence. ~ Ellen Willis (born December 14, 1941)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:14, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 18:14, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 16:23, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Ningauble 14:07, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

It's as crucial to defend secular culture as to preserve secular law. And in fact the two projects are inseparable: When religion defines morality, the wall between church and state comes to be seen as immoral. ~ Ellen Willis
 * 4 InvisibleSun 07:14, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 18:14, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 16:23, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Ningauble 14:07, 12 December 2008 (UTC)


 * 1 Zarbon 16:23, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Ningauble 14:07, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Tis well. ~ George Washington
 * 3 Kalki 19:51, 13 December 2007 (UTC) Last words. (died 14 December 1799) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 0 Zarbon 16:23, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. ~ Charles Wolfe
 * 3 Zarbon 06:40, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:21, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here. ~ Nostradamus
 * 2 Zarbon 06:40, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:21, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

When twenty years of the Moon's reign have passed another will take up his reign for seven thousand years. When the exhausted Sun takes up his cycle then my prophecy and threats will be accomplished. ~ Nostradamus
 * 2 Zarbon 06:40, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:21, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Regarding technique, from ancient times it has been said that movements must fly like lightning and attacks must strike like thunder. ~ Morihei Ueshiba
 * 3 Zarbon 06:40, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:21, 10 December 2008 (UTC) I like this, but prefer the verse version of a similar statement which I am adding directly below this for easier comparison.

Move like a beam of light; Fly like lightning, Strike like thunder, Whirl in circles around A stable center. ~ Morihei Ueshiba ~
 * 3 Kalki 22:21, 10 December 2008 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 05:18, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

I spoke about wings you just flew I wondered I guessed and I tried you just knew I sighed but you swooned I saw the crescent You saw the whole of the moon ~ Mike Scott
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 18:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Flags, rags, ferryboats, scimitars and scarves every precious dream and vision underneath the stars You climbed on the ladder with the wind in your sails you came like a comet blazing your trail too high, too far, too soon You saw the whole of the moon! ~ Mike Scott
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 18:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

He stopped every clock in New York state and every heart that heard him and time itself was beaten and confused and fell lamb-like under the spell of his fabulous flashing fingers… ~ Mike Scott
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 18:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

I have heard the big music and I'll never be the same something so pure just called my name. ~ Mike Scott
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 18:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

I have drowned in the big sea now I find I'm still alive And I'm coming up forever shadows all behind me ecstacy to come… ~ Mike Scott
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 18:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Come with me on a journey beneath the skin We will look together for the Pan within. ~ Mike Scott
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 18:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Once you were tethered now you are free That was the river this is the sea. ~ Mike Scott
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 18:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

You're trying to make sense of something that you just don't see You're trying to make sense now and you know you once held the key But that was the river this is the sea. ~ Mike Scott
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 18:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

I pictured a rainbow you held it in your hands I had flashes but you saw the plan I wandered out in the world for years you just stayed in your room I saw the crescent You saw the whole of the moon. ~ Mike Scott
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 18:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

He's like a man you'd meet any place until you recognize that ancient Face The Great God Pan is alive! ~ Mike Scott
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 18:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC)


 * A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free.
 * Zorba the Greek (film)
 * 3 Ficaia (talk) 16:13, 31 May 2024 (UTC)


 * You think too much. That is your trouble. Clever people and grocers, they weigh everything.
 * Zorba the Greek (film)
 * 3 Ficaia (talk) 16:13, 31 May 2024 (UTC)


 * What kind of man are you, don't you even like dolphins?
 * Zorba the Greek (film)
 * 3 Ficaia (talk) 16:13, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Rationale: film released in Greece on 14 December. These quotes might also be run on 21 April (the birthday of Anthony Quinn) or 11 June (the birthday of Michael Cacoyannis)