December 19

December 19 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * In the winter season, for seven days of calm, Alcyone broods over her nest on the surface of the waters while the sea-waves are quiet. Through this time Aeolus keeps his winds at home, and ocean is smooth for his descendants’ sake. ~ Ovid
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them. ~ Emily Brontë (died 19 December 1848)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2006
 * It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's life. ~ Phil Ochs (born 19 December 1940)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2007
 * In such an ugly time the true protest is beauty. ~ Phil Ochs
 * proposed by Kalki

And on that yes the future world depends.'' ~ Wallace Stevens ~
 * 2008
 * ''After the final no there comes a yes
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * "Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!" ~ Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol (first published on this date in 1843)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone Can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here.'' ~ Phil Ochs ~
 * 2010
 * ''And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm gone
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

but the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the embers and a world of hunger in vengeance will always remember So please be reassured, we seek no wider war, we seek no wider war.'' ~ Phil Ochs ~
 * 2011
 * ''And the evil is done in hopes that evil surrenders
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki — in regard to the first publication of A Christmas Carol on this date in 1843.


 * 2017


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki, for the 175th anniversary of the publication of the story in 1843.


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of the Player of the match (and his role in Argentina's win) of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone. ~ Emily Brontë (Date of death)
 * 3 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 - --Mister Six 11:10, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 12:50, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 19:44, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. ~ Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol, published that day.
 * 2 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 - --Mister Six 11:10, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 0 Zarbon 19:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:58, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

''I feel like a spinning top or a dreidel. The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle. You just slow down.'' ~ Don McLean ~ song lyrics related to Hanukkah, for last day of Hanukkah 2009.
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 01:44, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

This was the dedication of the altar. ~ Traditional verse for the last day of Hanukkah (last day of Hanukkah 2009)
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 01:44, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

May you be sealed totally for good. ~ Traditional blessing for the last day of Hanukkah (last day of Hanukkah 2009)
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 01:44, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

"I don't know what day of the month it is!", said Scrooge. "I don't know how long I've been among the Spirits. I don't know anything. I'm quite a baby. Never mind. I don't care. I'd rather be a baby. Hallo! Whoop! Hallo here!"~ Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol (first published on this date in 1843)
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 21:23, 6 December 2011 (UTC)


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