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 2 August 2013

Friday, August 2, 2013

QOD:  I think peace should be done not only among government, but among people.  It was impossible before the Facebook.  ~  Shimon Peres (Aug. 2, 1923)  [Shimon Peres died on September 28, 2016]

Thursday 1 August 2013

Thursday, August 1, 2013

QOD:  Fashions fade, style is eternal.  ~  Yves Saint Laurent (Aug. 1, 1936 ~ June 1, 2008)

Wednesday 31 July 2013

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

QOD:  If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.  ~  Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 ~ Nov. 16, 2006), recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science

Tuesday 30 July 2013

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

QOD:  Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.  ~  Emily Brontë (July 30, 1818 ~ Dec. 19, 1848)

Monday 29 July 2013

Monday, July 29, 2013

QOD:  Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon ~ Dag Hammarskjöld (July 29, 1905 ~ Sept. 18, 1961)

Sunday 28 July 2013

Sunday, July 28, 2013

QOD:  If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do matters very much.  ~  Jacqueline Kennedy (née Jacqueline Lee Bouvier; July 28, 1929 ~ May 19, 1994)