July 16

July 16 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. ~ Oscar Wilde
 * selected by Nanobug


 * 2004
 * When we wish to correct with advantage and to show another that he errs, we must notice from what side he views the matter, for on that side it is usually true, and admit that truth to him, but reveal to him the side on which it is false. He is satisfied with that, for he sees that he was not mistaken and that he only failed to see all sides. ~ Blaise Pascal
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * By the declining day, man is a state of loss, save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance. ~ The Qur'an, Surah 103.
 * July 16 2005 is 1 Muharram 1426 in the Islamic calendar, the beginning of the Hijri year.
 * proposed by MosheZadka


 * 2006
 * If you build it, he will come. ~ "The Voice" in Field of Dreams (Shoeless Joe Jackson born 16 July 1888)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * You'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them — if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry. ~ J. D. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye
 * proposed by Kalki (date of first publication of The Catcher in the Rye (1951)


 * 2008
 * Ignorance perpetuates itself just as knowledge does. Men write false documents, they preach false doctrine, and those beliefs survive to inspire wickedness in later generations. … Conversely, some men write and teach about the truth, only to be declared heretic by the wicked. In such cases evil has the advantage, for it will do anything to suppress truth, but the good man limits what he will do to suppress falsehood. One might almost make a rule of it: "Whoever declares another heretic is himself a devil. Whoever places a relic or artifact above justice, kindness, mercy, or truth is himself a devil and the thing elevated is a work of evil magic." ~ Sheri S. Tepper
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * I have always lived in a world in which I'm just a spot in history. My life is not the important point. I'm just part of the continuum, and that continuum, to me, is a marvelous thing. The history of life, and the history of the planet, should go on and on and on and on. I cannot conceive of anything in the universe that has more meaning than that. ~ Sheri S. Tepper
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality. ~ Sheri S. Tepper
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * What I mean is, lots of time you don't know what interests you most till you start talking about something that doesn't interest you most. I mean you can't help it sometimes. What I think is, you're supposed to leave somebody alone if he's at least being interesting and he's getting all excited about something. I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice. ~ J. D. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye (60th anniversary of publication date in 1951)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki, for the 70th anniversary of the Trinity explosion 1945.


 * 2016


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch.


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki, for the 70th anniversary of its publication.


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
It's true — a lot of people have gotten into comedy because of certain influences in their lives or events that were painful, and I really have wracked my brain to figure it out. I pretty much have had a normal childhood. Maybe it was too normal. ~ Will Ferrell (born 16 July 1967)
 * 2 Kalki 04:23, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:01, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 09:52, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

For the most part, I don't have too many fears. It's like: Why am I even doing it if I'm not going to enjoy it and just go for it? And that manifests itself in different ways. ~ Will Ferrell (born 16 July 1967)
 * 3 Kalki 01:39, 11 July 2007 (UTC) * 2 Kalki 04:23, 17 July 2006 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:01, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 09:52, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they have here, keeps asking me if I'm going apply myself when I go back to school next September. It's such a stupid question, in my opinion. I mean how do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don't. I think I am, but how do I know? I swear it's a stupid question. ~ J. D. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye (first published on this date in 1951)
 * 3 Kalki 01:39, 11 July 2007 (UTC) with a lean towrd 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:01, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 09:52, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse, a punishment by his deity for some transgression, as though his god were a petty storekeeper, counting up the day's receipts... ~ Sheri S. Tepper
 * 2 Zarbon 11:52, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:58, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 09:52, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Long ago, the people of the world cried out for help. In the reaches of heaven their cry was heard, and a Visitor came in answer to it. The Visitor began helping immediately, but secretly. Now the visitor intends to be known to the people of the world and the people of the world must deal with that knowledge. ~ Sheri S. Tepper
 * 3 Kalki 19:34, 14 July 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 18:15, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 09:52, 10 July 2013 (UTC)


 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:23, 16 July 2023 (UTC); with a lean toward 3, regarding the anniversary of the Trinity explosion.


 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:23, 16 July 2023 (UTC)


 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:23, 16 July 2023 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:23, 16 July 2023 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:23, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Further ideas: The Trinity explosion 1945 Apollo 11 launch 1969