QOD: To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. ~ W. Somerset Maugham (né William Somerset Maugham; Jan. 25, 1874 ~ Dec. 16, 1965), British novelist
Friday, 17 December 2010
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
QOD: Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. ~ G.B.Stern (née Gladys Bertha Stern; June 17, 1890 ~ Sept. 20, 1973), British novelist
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
QOD: A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong. ~ Thomas Szasz (né Thomas Stephen Szasz; Apr. 15, 1920), Hungarian-born psychiatrist and psychoanalysis. [Thomas Szasz died on Sept. 8, 2012 at age 92.]
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
QOD: Until one has lived an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened. ~ Anatole France (né François-Anatole Thibault; Apr. 16, 1844 ~ Oct. 12, 1924), French poet, journalist and novelist and recipient of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature
Monday, 13 December 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
QOD: The best car-safety device is a rearview mirror with a cop in it. ~ Dudley Moore (né Dudley Stuart John Moore; Apr. 19, 1935 ~ Mar. 27, 2002), British actor
Sunday, 12 December 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
QOD: War is G~d's way of teaching Americans geography. ~ Ambrose Bierce (né Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce; June 24, 1842 ~ disappeared 1914), American writer