Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Dick Gephardt

Born: January 31, 1941 (age 84)
Bio: Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardt is an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005.