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, 7 January 2011

Friday, January 7, 2011

QOD: If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have gotten anywhere. ~ Marilyn Monroe (née Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 ~ August 5, 1962), American actress

Thursday, 6 January 2011

Thursday, January 6, 2011

QOD: Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. ~ Aldous Huxley (né Aldous Leonard Huxley; July 26, 1894 ~ Nov. 22, 1963), English writer and philosopher

Wednesday, 5 January 2011

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

QOD: Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. ~ Benjamin Franklin (Jan. 17, 1706 ~ Apr. 21, 1790), Early American founding father

Tuesday, 4 January 2011

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

QOD: Youth is when you blame your troubles on your parents; maturity is when you learn that everything is the fault of the younger generation. ~ Bertolt Brecht (né Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht; Feb. 10, 1898 ~ Aug. 14, 1956), German playwright

Monday, 3 January 2011

Monday, January 3, 2010

QOD: No one wants advice ~ only corroboration.  ~  John Steinbeck (né John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr.; Feb. 17, 1902 ~ Dec. 20, 1968), American author and recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature

Sunday, 2 January 2011

Sunday, January 2, 2011

QOD: Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers. ~ George Carlin (né George Denis Carlin; May 12, 1937 ~ June 22, 2008), American comedian