December 12

Category:DaysDecember 12 Quotes of the day from previous years: 2004 Every single moment of a person's life, both of the understanding and of the will, is a new beginning. ~ Emanuel Swedenborg selected by Kalki 2005 I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst... In other words, I had a life. ~ Richard Pryor (recent death) proposed by Kalki 2006 The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments. ~ Gustave Flaubert (Date of birth) proposed by UDScott 2007 I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation. … I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. ~ William Lloyd Garrison proposed by Kalki 2008 Klaatu barada nikto! ~ Patricia Neal as "Helen Benson" in The Day the Earth Stood Still (The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), the remake of the classic movie, which also uses the line is opening in wide release on 12·12·2008) proposed by Kalki 2009 What is beautiful is moral, that is all there is to it. ~ Gustave Flaubert proposed by Kalki 2010 An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. ~ Gustave Flaubert proposed by Zarbon 2011 It seems to me that understanding that our theories are the source of all our conflicts would go a long way in helping people with different belief systems to get along. ~ Michael Gazzaniga proposed by Zarbon 2012 With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost. William Lloyd Garrison proposed by Kalki 2013 Our country is the world — our countrymen are all mankind. William Lloyd Garrison proposed by Kalki 2014 Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage. The great mass of mankind shun the labor and responsibility of forming opinions for themselves. William Lloyd Garrison proposed by Kalki 2015 You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. Gustave Flaubert proposed by Kalki 2016 I have not come here with reference to any flag but that of freedom. If your Union does not symbolize universal emancipation, it brings no Union for me. If your Constitution does not guarantee freedom for all, it is not a Constitution I can ascribe to. If your flag is stained by the blood of a brother held in bondage, I repudiate it in the name of God. I came here to witness the unfurling of a flag under which every human being is to be recognized as entitled to his freedom. Therefore, with a clear conscience, without any compromise of principles, I accepted the invitation of the Government of the United States to be present and witness the ceremonies that have taken place today. And now let me give the sentiment which has been, and ever will be, the governing passion of my soul: "Liberty for each, for all, and forever!" William Lloyd Garrison proposed by Kalki 2017 One becomes a critic when one cannot be an artist, just as a man becomes a stool pigeon when he cannot be a soldier. Gustave Flaubert proposed by Kalki 2018 Our duty is to feel what is great and love what is beautiful — not to accept all the social conventions and the infamies they impose on us. Gustave Flaubert ~ in ~ Madame Bovary proposed by Kalki 2019 I have been derisively called a "Woman's Rights Man". I know no such distinction. I claim to the a Human Rights Man, and wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion. William Lloyd Garrison proposed by Kalki 2020 An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death. Avicenna proposed by Zarbon 2021 Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live. Gustave Flaubert proposed by Kalki 2022 Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in. Gustave Flaubert proposed by Zarbon 2023 This case presents a fundamental question at the heart of our democracy: whether a former President is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed while in office or is constitutionally protected from federal prosecution when he has been impeached but not convicted before the criminal proceedings begin. The district court rejected respondent's claims, correctly recognizing that former Presidents are not above the law and are accountable for their violations of federal criminal law while in office. … It is of imperative public importance that respondent's claims of immunity be resolved by this Court and that respondent's trial proceed as promptly as possible if his claim of immunity is rejected. Respondent's claims are profoundly mistaken, as the district court held. But only this Court can definitively resolve them. Jack Smith proposed by Kalki 2024 Poets shouldn't commit suicide. That would leave the world to those without imaginations or hearts. That would bequeath to the world a mangled syntax and no love of champagne. Poets must live in misery and ecstasy, to sing a song with the katydids. Poets should be ashamed to die before they kiss the sun. Nikki Giovanni proposed by Kalki; in regard of her recent death. 2025 We should have known better after the first war. Gerd von Rundstedt proposed by Zarbon 2026 Rank or add further suggestions… <noinclude> Suggestions I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ~ Frank Sinatra, born that day 2 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC) 2 Kalki 19:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC) 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC) 1 Zarbon 16:13, 26 April 2008 (UTC) To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. ~ Gustave Flaubert 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 14:26, 10 December 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4. Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. ~ Gustave Flaubert 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 14:26, 10 December 2012 (UTC) with a slight lean toward 4.