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, 8 March 2013

Friday, March 8, 2013

QOD: The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.  ~  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (Mar 8, 1841 ~ Mar. 6, 1935)

Thursday, 7 March 2013

Thursday, March 7, 2013

QOD:  Never slap a man who chews tobacco.  ~  Willard Scott (né Willard Herman Scott, Jr.; b. Mar. 7, 1934)

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

QOD:  I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.  ~  Willie Mays (né Willie Howard Mays, Jr.; b. May 6, 1931)

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

QOD:  Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what’s wrong with it.  ~  Rex Harrison (né Reginald Carey Harrison; Mar. 5, 1908 ~ June 2, 1990), British actor

Monday, 4 March 2013

Monday, March 4, 2013

QOD:   Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.  ~  Khaled Hosseini (b. March 4, 1965), Afghan-American author and physician

Sunday, 3 March 2013

Sunday, March 3, 2013

QOD:  Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.  ~  Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 ~ Aug. 2, 1922), Scottish-born inventor of the telephone