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 14 December 2012

Friday, December 14, 2012

QOD:  A Cannibal is a person who walks into a restaurant and orders a waiter.  ~  Morey Amsterdam (né Moritz Amsterdam; Dec. 14, 1908 ~ Oct. 27, 1996), American actor and comedian

Thursday 13 December 2012

Thursday, December 13, 2012

QOD:  I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.  ~  Heinrich Heine (né Christian Johann Heinrich Heine; Dec. 13, 1797 ~ Feb. 17, 1856), German writer

Wednesday 12 December 2012

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

QOD:  Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.  ~  Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 ~ May 8, 1880), French novelist

Tuesday 11 December 2012

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

QOD:  How can you expect a man who’s warm to understand one who’s cold?  ~  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Dec. 11, 1918 ~ Aug. 3, 2008), Russian author and recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature

Monday 10 December 2012

Monday, December 10, 2012

QOD:  Creativity is intelligence having fun.  ~  Albert Einstein (Mar. 14, 1879 ~ Apr. 18, 1955), German-born theoretical physicist

Sunday 9 December 2012

Sunday, December 9, 2012


QOD:  It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.  ~  Dame Judy Dench (née Judith Olivia Dench; b. Dec. 9, 1934), British actress