Today's Words of Wisdom - October 8, 2015

Today is the birthday of the following people:

Dennis Kucinich (1946 - ):

“Once again the hopes of people of two nations are being smashed by weapons in the name of eliminating weapons. Let us abolish weapons of mass destruction at home. Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction.”

and

“America stands strongest in challenging terrorism when we do not give up an inch of our civil liberties.”

Teddy Riley (1967 - ):

“I like the way you work it

No Diggity

I got to bag it up.”

Harvey Pekar (1939 - 2010):

“I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.”

Jesse Jackson (1941 - ):

“Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up.”

and

“Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.”

Chevy Chase (1943 - ):

“What interests me is being alive and being with friends that I care about and being as creative as I can given circumstance.”

Frank Herbert (1920 – 1986):

“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”

and

“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.”

and

“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”

Marina Tsetaeva (1892 – 1941):

“There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river; while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. No one has stepped twice into the same river. But did anyone ever step twice into the same book?”