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 18 April 2014

Friday, April 18, 2014

QOD:  When all else fails there’s always delusion.  ~  Conan O’Brien (b. Apr. 18, 1963)

Thursday 17 April 2014

Thursday, April 17, 2014

QOD:  The best thing about animals is that they don’t talk much.  ~  Thornton Wilder (né Thornton Niven Wilder; April 17, 1897 ~ Dec. 7, 1975)

Wednesday 16 April 2014

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

QOD:  You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.  ~  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (né Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.; b. Apr. 16, 1947)

Tuesday 15 April 2014

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 / Tax Day

QOD:  The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.  ~  Corrie Ten Boom (Apr. 15, 1892 ~ Apr. 15, 1983)

Monday 14 April 2014

Monday, April 14, 2014

QOD:  Keep on beginning and failing.  Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stringer until you have accomplished a purpose ~ not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.  ~  Anne Sullivan (née Johanna Mansfield Sullivan; Apr. 14, 1866 ~ Oct. 20, 1936)

Sunday 13 April 2014

Sunday, April 13, 2014

QOD:  Ever tried.  Ever failed.  No matter.  Try again.  Fail again.  Fail better.  ~  Samuel Beckett (Apr. 13, 1906 ~ Dec. 22, 1989)