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 31 January 2014

Friday, January 31, 2014

QOD:  Only good girls keep diaries.  Bad girls don’t have time.   ~  Tallulah Bankhead (née Tallulah Brockman Bankhead; Jan 31, 1902 ~ Dec. 12, 1968), American actress

Thursday 30 January 2014

Thursday, January 30, 2014

QOD:  Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.  ~  Barbara Tuchman (née Barbara Wertheim;  Jan. 30, 1912 ~ Feb. 6, 1989), American historian

Wednesday 29 January 2014

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

QOD:  I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.  ~  W.C. Fields (né William Claude Dukenfield; Jan. 29, 1880 ~ Dec. 25, 1946), American comedian

Tuesday 28 January 2014

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

QOD:  What a wonderful life I’ve had!  I only wish I had realized it sooner.  ~  Colette (née Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Jan. 28, 1873 ~ Aug. 3, 1954), French author

Monday 27 January 2014

Monday, January 27, 2014

QOD:  I pay  not attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame.  I simply follow my own feelings.  ~  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Jan. 27, 1756 ~ Dec. 5, 1791), Austrian composer

Sunday 26 January 2014

Sunday, January 26, 2014

QOD:  If you want to get rid of stuff, you can always do a good spring-cleaning.  Or you can do what I do ~ Move!  ~  Ellen DeGeneres (né Ellen Lee DeGeneres; b. Jan. 26, 1958), American comedian and talk-show host