July 15

July 15 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so. ~ Bertrand Russell
 * selected by Nanobug


 * 2004
 * Thar’s only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we’re the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it’s a mighty sobering thought. ~ Walt Kelly
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Eternal vigilance must be maintained to guard against those who seek to stifle ideas, establish a narrow orthodoxy, and divide our nation along arbitrary lines of race, ethnicity, and religious belief or non-belief. ~ Jesse Ventura (born 15 July 1951)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their patriotism through their actions, by their choice... No law will make a citizen a patriot. ~ Jesse Ventura
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality. ~ Iris Murdoch (born 15 July 1919)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * Try to put well in practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will in good time, discover the hidden things which you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know. ~ Rembrandt (born 15 July 1606)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * Choose only one master — Nature. ~ Rembrandt
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism. ~ Walter Benjamin
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. ~ J. K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (opening day of final film in the Harry Potter series 15 July 2011)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * proposed by Kalki
 * 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 Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one ~ Napoleon Bonaparte who surrendered on July 15th.
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:06, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Jeff Q (talk) 20:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Will {{sup|{talk)}} 23:42, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 06:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 07:33, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

A king should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
 * 3 AllanHainey June 27, 2005 11:40 (UTC)
 * 3 Jeff Q (talk) 20:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 Will {{sup|{talk)}} 23:42, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 07:33, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

I ran for governor to find out if the American dream still exists in anyone's heart other than mine. I'm living proof that the myths aren't true. The candidate with the most money isn't always the one who wins. You don't have to be a career politician to serve in public office. ~ Jesse Ventura (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 06:10, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 Jeff Q (talk) 20:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:31, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2.5 //Gbern3 (talk) 07:33, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

A well-wrapped statistic is better than Hitler's "big lie"; it misleads, yet it cannot be pinned on you. ~ Darrell Huff (date of birth)
 * 3 Ningauble 17:22, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:03, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 17:17, 14 July 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 07:33, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

There is terror in numbers... Perhaps we suffer from a trauma induced by grade-school arithmetic. ~ Darrell Huff (date of birth)
 * 3 Ningauble 17:22, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 05:03, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 17:17, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 07:33, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man ~ Dr Johnson


 * 1 Kalki 22:33, 14 July 2009 (UTC) no clear relation to the date
 * 2 if it is on the correct date. - Zarbon 18:13, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 07:33, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

If you can't prove what you want to prove, demonstrate something else and pretend they are the same thing. In the daze that follows the collision of statistics with the human mind, hardly anyone will notice the difference. ~ Darrell Huff
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 19:29, 6 July 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 07:33, 10 July 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:36, 14 July 2015 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:27, 15 July 2017 (UTC)


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