Today's Words of Wisdom - November 20, 2015

Today is the birthday of the following people:

Robert F. Kennedy (1925 – 1968):

“Lets dedicate ourselves to what the ancient Greeks wrote so many years ago, to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that”

and 

"What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.”

Alastair Cooke (1908 – 2004):

“In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. So it would be a crime against nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were designed in the first place: the opportunity to do good work, to enjoy friends, to fall in love, to hit a ball, and to bounce a baby.”

Nadine Gordimer (1923 - ):

“The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.”

Phife Dawg (1970 - ):

"When was the last time you heard the Phife sloppy

Lyrics anonymous, you'll never hear me copy

Top notch baby, never coming less

Sky's the limit, you gots to believe up in Quest"

Mike D (1965 - ):

"Well, you say I'm twenty-something and I shouldn't be slacking

But I'm working harder than ever and you could call it macking

So I'm supposed to sit upon my couch just watching my TV

I'm still listening to wax, I'm not using the CD"

Joe Biden (1942 - ):

“We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.”

Don DeLillo (1936 - ):

“Writing is a concentrated form of thinking...a young writer sees that with words he can place himself more clearly into the world. Words on a page, that's all it takes to help him separate himself from the forces around him, streets and people and pressures and feelings. He learns to think about these things, to ride his own sentences into new perceptions.”