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 29 August 2014

Friday, August 29, 2014

QOD:  High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.  ~  Charles Kettering (Aug. 29, 1876 ~ Nov. 25, 1858)

Thursday 28 August 2014

Thursday, August 28, 2014

QOD: Correction does much, encouragement does more.  ~  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Aug. 28, 1749 ~ Mar, 22, 1832)

Wednesday 27 August 2014

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

QOD:  One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.  ~ Man Ray (nĂ© Emmanuel Radnitzky; Aug. 27, 1890 ~ Nov. 18, 1976)

Tuesday 26 August 2014

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

QOD:   We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.  ~  Mother Teresa (Aug. 26, 1910 ~ Sept. 5, 1997)

Monday 25 August 2014

Monday, August 25, 2014

QOD:  People tend to repeat the same quotes at me that I said when I was 23.  And of course, you say things then, and sometimes they’re ill-advised.  ~  Elvis Costello (nĂ© Declan Patrick MacManus; b. Aug. 25, 1954)