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 20 September 2013

Friday, September 20, 2013

QOD:  Sex appeal is fifty percent what you’ve got and fifty percent what people think you’ve got.  ~  Sophia Loren (née Sofia Villani Scicolone; b. Sept. 20, 1934)

Thursday 19 September 2013

Thursday, September 19, 2013

QOD:  Childhood is a disease ~ a sickness that you grow out of.  ~  William Golding (Sept. 19, 1911 ~ June 19, 1993)

Wednesday 18 September 2013

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

QOD:  There is no one who would have me ~ I can’t cook.  ~  Greta Garbo (née Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; Sept. 18, 1905 ~ Apr. 15, 1990)

Tuesday 17 September 2013

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

QOD:  Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.  ~  Warren E. Burger (né Warren Earl Burger; Sept. 17, 1907 ~ June 25, 1995)

Monday 16 September 2013

Monday, September 16, 2013

QOD:  Soon silence will have passed into legend.  Man has turned his back on silence.  Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distracts humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation.  ~  Jean Arp (Sept. 16, 1886 ~ June 7, 1966)

Sunday 15 September 2013

Sunday, September 15, 2013

QOD:  Evil is not something superhuman, it’s something less than human.  ~  Agatha Christie (Sept. 15, 1890 ~ Jan. 12, 1976)