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, 20 November 2015

Friday, November 20, 2015

QOD:  There is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit.  I find that perfectly acceptable.  ~  Benoît Mandelbrot (Nov. 29, 1924 ~ Oct. 14, 2010)

Thursday, 19 November 2015

Thursday, November 19, 2015

QOD:  Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.  ~  Dick Cavett (b. Nov. 19, 1936)

Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

QOD:  It is a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one’s safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.  ~  Alan Shepard (Nov. 18, 1923 ~ July 21, 1998)

Tuesday, 17 November 2015

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

QOD:  People have to start talking to known more about other cultures and to understand each other.  ~  Martin Scorsese (b. Nov. 17, 1942)

Monday, 16 November 2015

Monday, November 16, 2015

QOD:  It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.  ~  José Saramago (Nov. 16, 1922 ~ June 18, 2010), recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Sunday, 15 November 2015

Sunday, November 15, 2015

QOD:  Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.  ~  Felix Frankfurter (Nov. 15, 1882 ~ Feb. 22, 1965)