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 17 January 2014

Friday, January 17, 2014

QOD:  The U.S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it.  You have to catch up with it yourself.  ~ Benjamin Franklin (Jan. 17, 1706 ~ Apr. 17, 1790), American Founding Father

Thursday 16 January 2014

Thursday, January 16, 2014

QOD:  The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow.  ~  Dian Fossey (Jan. 16, 1932 ~ Dec. 26, 1985), American primatologist

Wednesday 15 January 2014

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

QOD:  There’s always a little bit of personal satisfaction when you prove somebody wrong.  ~  Drew Brees (nĂ© Drew Christopher Brees; b. Jan. 15, 1979), American professional football quarterback

Tuesday 14 January 2014

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

QOD:  Success is not the key to happiness.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing,  you will be successful.  ~  Albert Schweitzer (Jan. 14, 1975 ~ Sept. 4, 1965), German theologian, missionary and recipient of the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize

Monday 13 January 2014

Monday, January 13, 2014

QOD:  I’m always amazed at anyone’s interest in what I have to say.  ~  Orlando Bloom (nĂ©  Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom; b. Jan. 13, 1977), British actor

Sunday 12 January 2014

Sunday, January 12, 2014

QOD:  The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.  I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.  I shall use my time.  ~  Jack London (nĂ© John Griffith London; Jan. 12, 1876 ~ Nov. 22, 1916), American novelist