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 27 September 2013

Friday, September 27, 2013

QOD:  When you win, you eat better, sleep better and your beer taste better.  ~  Johnny Pesky (nĂ© John Michael Pesky; Feb. 27, 1919 ~ Aug. 13, 2012)

Thursday 26 September 2013

Thursday, September 26, 2013

QOD:  Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome ~ T.S. Eliot (Sept. 26, 1888 ~ Jan. 4, 1965)

Wednesday 25 September 2013

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

QOD:  Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.  ~  Barbara Walters (b. Sept. 25, 1929)  [Barbara Walters died on December 30, 2022 at age 93.]

Tuesday 24 September 2013

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

QOD:  No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.  ~  F. Scott Fitzgerald (nĂ© Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald; Sept. 24, 1896 ~ 1940)

Monday 23 September 2013

Monday, September 23, 2013

QOD:  When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.  ~  Walter Lippmann (Sept. 23, 1889 ~ Dec. 14, 1974)

Sunday 22 September 2013

Sunday, September 22, 2013

QOD:  Nobody knows what anticipation is anymore.  Everything is so immediate.  ~  Joan Jett (nĂ©e Joan Marie Larkin; b. Sept. 22, 1958)