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 3 August 2012

Friday, August 3, 2012

QOD:  Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.  ~  Leon Uris (né Leon Marcus Uris; Aug. 3, 1924 ~ June 21, 2003)

Thursday 2 August 2012

Thursday, August 2, 2012

QOD:  A woman has the age she deserves.  ~  Coco Chanel (née Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel; Aug. 19, 1883 ~ Jan. 10, 1971)

Wednesday 1 August 2012

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

QOD:  Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.  ~  Jerry Garcia (né  Jerome John Garcia; Aug. 1, 1942 ~ Aug. 9, 1995)

Tuesday 31 July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

QOD:  A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.  ~  Zsa Zsa Gabor  (b. Feb. 6, 1917)  [Zsa Zsa Gabor died at age 99 on December 18, 2016]

Monday 30 July 2012

Monday, July 30, 2012

QOD:  History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.  ~  Alexis de Tocqueville (Aug. 29, 1805 ~ Apr. 16, 1859)

Sunday 29 July 2012

Sunday, July 29, 2012

QOD:  Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.  ~  Ken Burns (b. July 29, 1953)