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?” 

October 9, 2014

Good Morning! Here are your daily birthday quotations...

John Lennon (1940 - 1980):

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”

and

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

and

“Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.”

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921):

“There is nothing more difficult than talking about music.”

Ivo Andrić (1892 - 1975):

“Forgetfulness heals everything and song is the most beautiful manner of forgetting, for in song man feels only what he loves.”

Marina Tsevtaeva (1892 - 1941):

“One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk.”

and

“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?”

Yusef Lateef (1920 - 2013):

"When the soul looks out of its body, it should see only beauty in its path. These are the sights we must hold in mind, in order to move to a higher place."

Peter Mansfield (1933 - ):

"Most people don't think about where MRI scanners come from, but I feel very pleased and proud when I receive letters from patients, thanking me for saving their lives."