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 19 April 2013

Friday, April 19, 2013

QOD:  If you’re going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way.  ~  Jayne Mansfield (né Vera Jayne Palmer; Apr. 19, 1932 ~ June 29, 1967), American actress

Thursday 18 April 2013

Thursday, April 18, 2013

QOD:  There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized  ~  Conan O’Brien (né Conan Christopher O'Brien; b. Apr. 18, 1963)

Wednesday 17 April 2013

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

QOD:  Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.  ~  Thornton Wilder (Apr. 17, 1897 ~ Dec. 7, 1975)

Tuesday 16 April 2013

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

QOD:  A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.  ~  Charlie Chaplin (né Charles Spencer Chaplin; Apr. 16, 1889 ~ Dec. 25. 1977)

Monday 15 April 2013

Monday, April 15, 2013 / Tax Day

QOD:  It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them.  They went out and happened to things.  ~  Leonardo da Vinci (Apr. 15,  1452 ~ May 2, 1519)

Sunday 14 April 2013

Sunday, April 14, 2013

QOD:  Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.  ~  Anne Sullivan (née Johanna Mansfield Sullivan; Apr. 14, 1866 ~ Oct. 20, 1936)