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 6 January 2012

Friday, January 6, 2012

QOD: No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of anyone else. ~ Charles Dickens (Feb. 7, 1812 ~ June 9, 1870)

Thursday 5 January 2012

Thursday, January 5, 2012

QOD: As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you. ~ Fran Lebowitz (née Frances Ann Lebowitz; Oct. 27, 1950), American writer and social commentator

Wednesday 4 January 2012

Wednesday, January 4, 2011

QOD: One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. ~ Virginia Woolf (née Adeline Virginia Woolf; Jan. 25, 1882 ~ Mar. 28, 1941), British author

Tuesday 3 January 2012

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

QOD: A true conservationist is a man who know that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children. ~ John James Audubon (Apr. 26, 1786 ~ Jan. 27, 1851), American ornithologist and naturalist

Monday 2 January 2012

Monday, January 2, 2012

QOD: The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those who do not have it. ~ George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 ~ Nov. 2, 1950), Irish playwright

Sunday 1 January 2012

Sunday, January 1, 2012 / New Year's Day 2012

QOD: Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath.   Today, we are a pious and exemplary community.   Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever. ~ Mark Twain (né Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Nov. 30, 1835 ~ Apr. 21, 1910), American novelist and humorist