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 April 2012

Friday, April 27, 2012

QOD:  No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.  ~  August Strindberg (Jan. 22, 1849)

Thursday 26 April 2012

Thursday, April 26, 2012

QOD:  When I was young, I used to think that money was the most important thing in life.  Now that I am old, I know it is.  ~  Oscar Wilde (né Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde; Oct. 16, 1954 ~ Nov. 30, 1900)

Wednesday 25 April 2012

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

QOD:  If you have talent, you don't have to tell people.  ~  Pee Wee Reese (né Harold Peter Henry; July 23, 1918 ~ Aug. 14, 1999), American baseball player

Tuesday 24 April 2012

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

QOD:  Tradition is tending the flame; it's not worshiping the ashes.  ~  Gustav Mahler (July 7, 1860 ~ May 18, 1911)

Monday 23 April 2012

Monday, April 23, 2012

QOD:  Some say our national pastime is baseball.  Not me.  It's gossip.  ~  Erma Bombeck (née Erma Louise Fiste; Feb. 21, 1922 ~ Apr. 22, 1996)

Sunday 22 April 2012

Sunday, April 22, 2012

QOD:  Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.  ~  John Kenneth Galbraith (Oct. 15, 1908 ~ Apr. 29, 2006)