QOD

This blog purely for my own amusement. I like to start the day with a quote, be it amusing, inspiration, or simply something that caught my fancy.

On occasion, I might also include some commentary on the day's crossword puzzle that is published in the Los Angeles Times.

Friday 5 November 2010

Friday, November 5, 2010

QOD: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ~ Albert Einstein (Mar. 14, 1879 ~ Apr. 18, 1955), German-born theoretical physicist

Thursday 4 November 2010

Thursday, November 4, 2010

QOD: Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends. ~ Shirley MacLaine (né Shirley MacLean Beaty; b. Apr. 24, 1934), American actress

Wednesday 3 November 2010

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

QOD: In victory you deserve Champagne, in defeat you need it. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte (Aug. 15, 1769 ~ May 5, 1821), French emperor

Tuesday 2 November 2010

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

QOD: You can always spot a well informed man - his views are the same as yours. ~ Ilka Chase (Apr. 8, 1905 ~ Feb. 15, 1978), American stage actress

Monday 1 November 2010

Monday, November 1, 2010

QOD: How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~ Anne Frank (née Annelies Marie Frank; b. June 12, 1929 ~ perished in Bergen-Belsen in February 1945), German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim

Sunday 31 October 2010

Sunday, October, 31, 2010 / Halloween

QOD: Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. ~ William Shakespeare (a quote from "Macbeth"), English playwright

Happy Halloween!