June 20

June 20 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes to have his admirers. Even philosophers wish for them. Those who write against it want to have the glory of having written well; and those who read it desire the glory of having read it. I who write this have perhaps this desire, and perhaps those who will read it... ~ Blaise Pascal
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. ~ Lillian Hellman (born 20 June 1905)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * We wanted to bring some love to the world. I thought we were good at doing that. Bringin' love to the world. ~ Brian Wilson (born 20 June 1942)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life. ~ Brian Wilson
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt. ~ Lillian Hellman
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2009
 * Humor — it helps to make the vibe better — it loosens up the vibrations. ~ Brian Wilson
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * The Tennessee stud was long and lean The color of the sun and his eyes were green. He had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a hoss like the Tennessee stud. ~ Jimmy Driftwood
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * Ole Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise, If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes. We held our fire 'til we seed their faces well, Then we opened up our squirrel guns an' really gave 'em ...well! Yeah, they ran through the briars an' they ran through the brambles An' they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go. They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. ~ Jimmy Driftwood ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


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 * 2014


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 * 2015


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 * 2016


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 * 2017


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 * 2018


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 * 2019


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 * 2020


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 * 2021


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 * 2022


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 * 2023


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 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying. ~ John Carmack, in celebration of the two year anniversary of the expiry of the infamous U.S. Patent 4,558,302 pertaining to GIF generation.
 * 3 MosheZadka 00:03, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 21:42, 19 June 2006 (UTC) with a lean toward 2.
 * 1 although I highly respect Carmack's prior game work heavily, groundbreaking to say the least, this quote isn't a very memorable one. Zarbon 04:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier. ~ Lillian Hellman
 * 3 because loneliness is sometimes contageous. Zarbon 05:42, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping? ~ Anna Letitia Barbauld
 * 3 Zarbon 03:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 23:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

OH! hear a pensive captive's prayer, For liberty that sighs ; And never let thine heart be shut Against the prisoner's cries. ~ Anna Letitia Barbauld
 * 3 Zarbon 03:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

However important it is that love shall precede marriage, it is far more important that it shall continue after marriage. ~ Samson Raphael Hirsch
 * 3 because a love marriage is only as good as the extent to which it lasts. It's much more important that the couple love each other after marriage than before marriage. This has nice meaning to it. Zarbon 03:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

I like my whisky old and my women young. ~ Errol Flynn
 * 2 for comedic value. Zarbon 03:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 23:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

So when unseen destruction lurks, Which men like mice may share, May some kind angel clear thy path, And break the hidden snare. ~ Anna Letitia Barbauld
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 12:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

''My love, There's only you in my life The only thing that's right. My first love, You're every breath that I take You're every step I make.'' ~ Lionel Richie ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 12:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Your eyes, your eyes They tell me how much you care Ooh yes, you will always be My endless love. ~ Lionel Richie ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 12:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

''And love and, love I'll be a fool For you, I'm sure. You know I don't mind...'' ~ Lionel Richie ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 12:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

You mean the world to me Oh I know I've found in you My endless love. ~ Lionel Richie ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 12:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

Along about eighteen and twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive I never would have got through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been a-ridin on the Tennessee stud. ~ Jimmy Driftwood ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 12:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.


 * I found that girl with the golden hair And she was ridin' on a Tennessee mare. ~ Jimmy Driftwood ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 12:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Stirrup to stirrup and side by side We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide. ~ Jimmy Driftwood ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 12:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

I love the girl with golden hair And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare. ~ Jimmy Driftwood ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 12:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

''In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip. We took a little bacon an' we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British at the town of New Orleans. We fired our guns an' the British kept a'comin'. There wasn't nigh as many as there was awhile ago. We fired once more an' they begin to runnin' Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.'' ~ Jimmy Driftwood ~ (born 20 June 1907)
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 12:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

''We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down, So we grabbed an alligator an' we fought another round. We filled his head with cannon balls an' powdered his behind, An' when they touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.'' ~ Jimmy Driftwood ~ (born 20 June 1907)
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 12:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:47, 20 June 2015 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 21:29, 19 June 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 21:29, 19 June 2017 (UTC)


 * June with her glancing grasses, June with a smiling sky, June, brown as the country lasses  Or wings of the dragon-fly!The mown hay lies like sedges  Or weed of the seashore strewn; Abrim with corn to the hedges  The fields are filled in June. ~ Walter Headlam (deathday and theme of the month)
 * 4 Ficaia (talk) 18:56, 12 May 2024 (UTC)