February 20

February 20 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom. Friendship loves a free Air, and will not be penned up in streight and narrow Enclosures. It will speak freely, and act so too; and take nothing ill where no ill is meant; nay, where it is, ’twill easily forgive, and forget too, upon small Acknowledgments. ~ William Penn
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * All in all is all we are. ~ Kurt Cobain (born 20 February 1967)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * We picked up everything we could get our hands on. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug-collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. ~ Hunter S. Thompson (died 20 February 2005)
 * proposed by Sir John Alexander Macdonald


 * 2007
 * If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. ~ Frederick Douglass
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what a people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. Men may not get all they pay for in this world; but they must pay for all they get. ~ Frederick Douglass (died February 20, 1895; born February 1817/1818, birthdate unknown)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. ~ Frederick Douglass
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2010
 * Our world is in profound danger. Mankind must establish a set of positive values with which to secure its own survival. This quest for enlightenment must begin now. It is essential that all men and women become aware of what they are, why they are here on Earth and what they must do to preserve civilization before it is too late. ~ Richard Matheson (born 20 February 1926)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * I will, in the name of humanity which is outraged, in the name of liberty which is fettered, in the name of the constitution and the Bible, which are disregarded and trampled upon, dare to call in question and to denounce, with all the emphasis I can command, everything that serves to perpetuate slavery — the great sin and shame of America! "I will not equivocate; I will not excuse;" I will use the severest language I can command; and yet not one word shall escape me that any man, whose judgement is not blinded by prejudice, or who is not at heart a slaveholder, shall not confess to be right and just. ~ Frederick Douglass
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel. ~ John Glenn (50th Anniversary of first American orbitting Earth, 20 February 1962) John Glenn Friendship 7 Day
 * proposed by bystander


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Illegitimate Barrister


 * 2017


 * proposed by Illegitimate Barrister


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by allixpeeke


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
He's the one Who likes all the pretty songs And he likes to sing along And he likes to shoot his gun But he knows not what it means. ~ Kurt Cobain ~ (born 20 February 1967)
 * 3 Kalki 01:23, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 (leaning toward 1) allixpeeke (talk) 01:41, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

There he goes, One of God's Own Prototypes; a High-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live and too rare to die. ~ Hunter S. Thompson


 * 2 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 20:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 01:41, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

The old baggage, old roles of authority, who's the teacher, who's the father, gets in the way of who we really are to each other. ~  What Dreams May Come ~ based on the work of Richard Matheson
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 01:41, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

What some folks call impossible, is just stuff they haven't seen before. ~  What Dreams May Come ~ based on the work of Richard Matheson
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 01:41, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Thought is real. Physical is the illusion. Ironic, huh? ~  What Dreams May Come ~ based on the work of Richard Matheson
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 allixpeeke (talk) 01:41, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Sometimes, when you lose, you win. ~  What Dreams May Come ~ based on the work of Richard Matheson
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 allixpeeke (talk) 01:41, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

What's true in our minds is true, whether some people know it or not. ~  What Dreams May Come ~ based on the work of Richard Matheson
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 allixpeeke (talk) 01:41, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

I want to save you if I can. When I was first given the job of spying on you, I had no feelings about your life. … But now it’s different. I know now that you were just as much forced into your situation as we were forced into ours. We are infected. But you already know that. What you don’t understand yet is that we’re going to stay alive. We’ve found a way to do that and we’re going to set up society again slowly but surely. ~ Richard Matheson
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

X — This day when it had light mother called me a retch. You retch she said. I saw in her eyes the anger. I wonder what it is a retch. ~ Richard Matheson
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

According to legend, they were invisible in mirrors, but he knew that was untrue. As untrue as the belief that they transformed themselves into bats. That was a superstition that logic, plus observation had easily disposed of. ‘It was equally foolish to believe that they could transform themselves into wolves. Without a doubt there were vampire dogs; he had seen and heard them outside his house at night. But they were only dogs. ~ Richard Matheson
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

The world’s gone mad, he thought. The dead walk about and I think nothing of it. The return of corpses has become trivial in import. How quickly one accepts the incredible if only one sees it. ~ Richard Matheson
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 allixpeeke (talk) 01:41, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Sometimes he had indulged in daydreams about finding someone. More often, though, he had tried to adjust to what he sincerely believed was the inevitable — that he was actually the only one left in the world. At least in as much of the world as he could ever hope to know. ~ Richard Matheson
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

The man of my dreams has almost faded now. The one I have created in my mind. The sort of man each woman dreams of, in the deepest and most secret reaches of her heart. I can almost see him now before me. What would I say to him if he were really here? "Forgive me. I have never known this feeling. I have lived without it all my life. Is it any wonder, then, I failed to recognize you? You, who brought it to me for the first time. Is there any way I can tell you how my life have changed? Any way at all to let you know what sweetness you have given me? There is so much to say... I cannot find the words. Except for these: I love you." Such would I say to him if he were really here. ~ "Elise McKenna" in Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

I have a question for you, sir. Is time travel possible? ~ Richard Matheson in Somewhere in Time
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

At this point I have a request for our fans. If any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us - leave us the #### alone! Don't come to our shows and don't buy our records. ~ Kurt Cobain

Note: Cobain was born on 20 February 1967. This quote was included in the liner notes to Incesticide. Sources: Pages 1–2, pages 3–4. See also this.


 * 4 allixpeeke (talk) 01:24, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:26, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth. And it happens every few minutes. ~ Kurt Cobain

Note: Cobain was born on 20 February 1967. This quote was included on page 18 of Journals.


 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 01:24, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:26, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they're out there and it really bothers me. ~ Kurt Cobain

Note: Cobain was born on 20 February 1967.


 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 01:24, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:26, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 2.5. Nice message, but not very unique, though. – Illegitimate Barrister, 21:24, 19 February 2016 (UTC)


 * 3.25. – Illegitimate Barrister 19:16, 4 August 2015 (UTC).


 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister, 13:39, 13 September 2015 (UTC)


 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister, 03:53, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Note 56th anniversary of Friendship 7 Mission


 * proposed by Just A Regular New Yorker
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:13, 20 February 2018 (UTC) with perhaps a lean toward 3, but not this year.