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 27 January 2012

Friday, January 27, 2012

QOD: Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target on one else can see. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer (Feb. 22, 1788 ~ Sept. 21, 1860), German philosopher

Thursday 26 January 2012

Thursday, January 26, 2012

QOD: Wanting to meet an author because you like his book is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pâté. ~ Margaret Atwood (née Margaret Eleanor Atwood; b. Nov. 18, 1939), Canadian author

Wednesday 25 January 2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

QOD: The world is a dangerous place.  Not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. ~ Albert Einstein (Mar. 14, 1879 ~ Apr. 18, 1955), German-born theoretical physicist

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

QOD: If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. ~ General George S. Patton (né George Smith Patton, Jr.; Nov. 11, 1885 ~ Dec. 21, 1945), American General

Monday 23 January 2012

Monday, January 23, 2012

QOD: The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out. ~ Voltaire (né François-Marie Arouet; Nov. 21, 1694 ~ May 30, 1778), French writer

Sunday 22 January 2012

Sunday, January 22, 2012

QOD: Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment. ~ Robert Benchley (né Robert Charles Benchley; Sept. 15, 1889 ~ Nov. 21, 1945), American humorist and journalist