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, 2 May 2014

Friday, May 2, 2014

QOD:  Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy, but being kind, in my opinion, is important.  ~  Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (b. May 2, 1972)

Thursday, 1 May 2014

Thursday, May 1, 2014

QOD:  We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.  ~  Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 ~ Dec. 12, 1999)

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

QOD:  I visual a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines.  ~  Claude Shannon (nĂ© Claude Elwood Shannon; Apr. 30, 1916 ~ Jan. 24, 2001), American mathematician known as "the father of information theory"

Tuesday, 29 April 2014

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

QOD:  My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that’s the law.  ~  Jerry Seinfeld (nĂ© Jerome Allen Seinfeld; b. Apr. 29, 1954)

Monday, 28 April 2014

Monday, April 28, 2014

QOD:  You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone’s point of view.  ~  Penelope Cruz (b. Apr. 28, 2014)

Sunday, 27 April 2014

Sunday, April 27, 2014

QOD:  I know only two tunes: one of them is “Yankee Doodle,” and the other isn’t.  ~  Ulysses S. Grant (nĂ© Hiram Ulysses Grant; Apr. 27, 1822 ~ July 23, 1885)