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, 21 January 2011

Friday, January 21, 2011

QOD: I do not want people to be vary agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. ~ Jane Austen (Dec. 16, 1775 ~  July 18, 1817), English novelist

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011

QOD: Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick with possibilities; truth isn't. ~ Mark Twain (né Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Nov. 30, 1835 ~ Apr. 21, 1910), American writer and humorist

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

QOD: It takes a long time to become young. ~ Pablo Picasso (né Pablo Ruiz Picasso; Oct. 25, 1881 ~ Apr. 8, 1973), Spanish artist

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

QOD: When we learn to tolerate boredom, we find out who we really are. ~ Naomi Alderman  (b. 1974), English novelist

Monday, 17 January 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011

QOD: Politeness was invented by wise men to keep fools at a distance. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 ~ Apr. 27, 1882), American philosopher and lecturer