QOD: There is an incompatibility between
literary creation and political activity.
~ Mario Vargas Llosa (b. Mar. 28,
1936), Peruvian author and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature
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, 28 March 2014
Thursday, 27 March 2014
Thursday, March 27, 2014
QOD: Once you really commence to see things,
then you really commence to feel things.
~ Edward Steichen (né Edward Jean Steichen; Mar. 27, 1879
~ Mar. 25, 1973)
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
QOD: Even more people today have the means to
live, but no meaning to live for. ~ Viktor Frankl (né Viktor Emil Frankl; Mar. 26, 1905 ~ Sept. 2, 1997), Austrian neurologist and Holocaust survivor
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
QOD: The truth does not change according to
our ability to stomach it. ~ Flannery O’Connor (nĂ©e Mary Flannery O'Connor; Mar. 25, 1925 ~ Aug. 3,
1964), Southern author
Monday, 24 March 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
QOD: But mathematics is the sister, as well as
the servant, of the arts and is touched by the same madness and genius. ~
Marston Morse (né Harold Calvin Marston Morse; Mar. 24, 1892 ~ June 22, 1977), American mathematician.
Sunday, 23 March 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014
QOD: Selfish persons are incapable of loving
others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either. ~
Erich Fromm (né Erich Selgmann Fromm; Mar. 23, 1900 ~ Mar. 18, 1980), German-born psychologist and psychoanalyst