Quote of the dayFebruary 16
Quotes for February 1647 quotes · 40 authors
The archive keeps these quotes for this day of the year. They are the same every February 16: the anniversary does not move.
- A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
EpictetusPhilosopherGreek55 · 1st century
4.8 · 7 votes · 115 reads
- Has God forgotten all I have done for Him.
3.2 · 22 votes · 76 reads
- Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.
René DescartesMathematicianFrench1596 · 16th century
3.6 · 26 votes · 130 reads
- In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or method which might be used to justify the use of force against an independent sovereign state are inadmissible a
Vladimir PutinPoliticianRussian1952 · 20th century
3.0 · 10 votes · 109 reads
- Life is warfare.
SenecaPhilosopherRoman-4 · 1st century BC
4.2 · 30 votes · 32 reads
- The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will notShimon Peres
PoliticianIsraeli1923 · 20th century
4.1 · 12 votes · 46 reads
- What is a danger is that we stay stuck in a new normal where unemployment rates stay high, people who have jobs see their incomes go up, businesses make big profits. But they're learned to do more with less, and so they don't hire.
Barack ObamaPoliticianAmerican1961 · 20th century
4.0 · 49 votes · 142 reads
