February 10

February 10 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent occurrence. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in The Sorrows of Young Werther
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Be nice to people on your way up, because you're going to meet them all on your way down. ~ Jimmy Durante (born 10 February 1893)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth. ~ Boris Pasternak (born 10 February 1890)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there. ~ Charles de Montesquieu (died 10 February 1755)
 * proposed by Fys


 * 2008
 * Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality. Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation. ~ Bertolt Brecht (born 10 February 1898)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. ~ Bertolt Brecht
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * Reason gains all men, by compelling none. Mercy was always Heaven's distinguished mark: And he, who bears it not, has no friend there. ~ Aaron Hill ~
 * proposed by Fys


 * 2011
 * Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable! ~ Bertolt Brecht ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand. ~ Bertolt Brecht
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki as one of the most famous and striking quotes about serpents, for the start of the Chinese Year of the Snake


 * 2014


 * proposed by Fys


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of his recent death.


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news. ~ Bertolt Brecht.
 * 3. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 23:28, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:05, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 21:17, 2 February 2010 (UTC) * 2 Kalki 23:45, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 22:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I love to lose myself in other men's minds. ~ Charles Lamb (born February 10, 1775)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:05, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:45, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 22:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I am determined my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is. - Charles Lamb
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:05, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:45, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 22:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

What answer can we give to the families of victims of the Karabakh movement and to those who have become disabled. Why did their sons fight? And about Turkey, we cannot leave the word genocide out of our vocabulary and forget about the 1.5 million victims. ~ Mikael Harutyunyan (born February 10)
 * 3 Zarbon 05:01, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 23:21, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

''Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, And lose the medium in the wild extreme, Do not repent, but regulate your passion: Though love is reason, its excess is rage. Give me, at least, your promise to reflect, In cool, impartial solitude, and still. No last decision till we meet again.'' ~ Aaron Hill ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 17:24, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

You talk no more of that gay nation now, Where men adore their wives, and woman's power Draws reverence from a polished people's softness, Their husbands' equals, and their lovers' queens; Free without scandal; wise without restraint; Their virtue due to nature, not to fear. ~ Aaron Hill ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 17:24, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish. ~ Aaron Hill ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 17:24, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. ’Tis the same with common natures: Use ’em kindly, they rebel; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well. ~ Aaron Hill ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 17:24, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

I say on the air all time, "if you take what I say as gospel, you're an idiot." ~ Glenn Beck
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 05:47, 22 January 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4; a statement by Beck which I can fully agree with, and with extreme emphasis.

When you choose the path, you choose the destination. ~ Glenn Beck
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 05:47, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Political Correctness doesn't change us, it shuts us up. ~ Glenn Beck
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 05:47, 22 January 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Most times we're so focused on what we think we want that we can't appreciate how happy we already are. It's only when we forget about our problems and help others forget theirs that we realize how good we really have it. ~ Glenn Beck
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 05:47, 22 January 2011 (UTC) 4 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 05:25, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

All men are created equal. It is what you do from there that makes the difference. We are all free agents in life. We make our own decisions. We control our own destiny. ~ Glenn Beck
 * 3 bystander 22:19, 11 February 2012 (UTC) (I don't really like Beck, but I like the quote.)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 01:00, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

You cannot take away freedom to protect it, you cannot destroy the free market to save it, and you cannot uphold freedom of speech by silencing those with whom you disagree. To take rights away to defend them or to spend your way out of debt defies common sense. ~ Glenn Beck
 * 3 bystander 22:19, 11 February 2012 (UTC) (I don't really like Beck, but I like the quote.)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 01:00, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government's confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be be simpler, if the government simply dissolved the people and elected another? ~ Bertolt Brecht.
 * 3 bystander 22:19, 11 February 2012 (UTC) (with a lean towards 4).
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 01:00, 4 February 2013 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 18:48, 9 February 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 18:48, 9 February 2017 (UTC)