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, 9 August 2013

Friday, August 9, 2013

QOD:  I didn’t pay as much attention in school as I would have liked to.  ~  Gillian Anderson (b. Aug. 9, 1968)

Thursday, 8 August 2013

Thursday, August 8, 2013

QOD:  Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star.  ~  Paul Dirac, recipient of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics  (nĂ© Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac; Aug. 8, 1902 ~ Oct. 20, 1984)

Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

QOD:    He's so slow that he takes an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes.   ~  Edwin W. Edwards (b. Aug. 7, 1927)  [Edwin Washington Edwards died July 12, 2021.]

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

QOD:  An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have.  ~  Andy Warhol (nĂ© Andrew Warhola; Aug. 6, 1928 ~ Feb. 22, 1987)

Monday, 5 August 2013

Monday, August 5, 2013

QOD:  I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer.  ~  Neil Armstrong (nĂ© Neil Alden Armstrong; Aug. 5, 1930 ~ Aug. 25, 2012)

Sunday, 4 August 2013

Sunday, August 4, 2013

QOD:  I don’t have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.  ~  Billy Bob Thornton (b. Aug. 4, 1955)