Friday, December 31, 2010 / New Year's Eve

QOD: An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in.  A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~ Bill Vaughan (né William E. Vaughan; Oct. 8, 1915 ~ Feb. 25, 1977), American columnist

Thursday, December 30, 2010

QOD: The hardest tumble a man can take is to fall over his own bluff. ~ Ambrose Bierce (né Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce; June 24, 1842 ~ disappeared 1914), American writer

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

QOD: Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it. ~ Langston Hughes (né James Mercer Langston Hughes; Feb. 1, 1901 ~ May 22, 1967), American poet

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

QOD: Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.   ~  Aldous Huxley (né Aldous Leonard Huxley; July 26, 1894 ~ Nov. 22, 1963)

Monday, December 27, 2010

QOD: How did it get so late so soon?  It's night before it's afternoon.   December is here before its June.   My goodness how the time has flewn.   How did it get so late so soon?    ~   Dr. Seuss (né Theodor Seuss Geisel; Mar. 2, 1904 ~ Sept. 24, 1991), American author

Sunday, December 26, 2010 / Boxing Day

QOD: I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included. ~ Bernard Manning (Aug. 13, 1930 ~ June 18, 2007), British comedian