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 30 May 2014

Friday, May 30, 2014

QOD:  Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it’s in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose substance.  ~  Benny Goodman (May 30, 1909 ~ June 13, 1986)

Thursday 29 May 2014

Thursday, May 29, 2014

QOD:  The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.  ~  John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 ~ Nov. 22, 1963)

Wednesday 28 May 2014

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

QOD:  Once is happenstance.  Twice is coincidence.  Three times is enemy action.  ~  Ian Fleming (May 28, 1908 ~ Aug. 12, 1964)

Tuesday 27 May 2014

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

QOD:  How could intelligent beings seek to control a few unwanted species by a method that contaminated the entire environment and brought the threat of disease and death even to their own kind?  ~  Rachel Carson (May 27, 1907 ~ Apr. 14, 1967)