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 December 2016

Friday, December 30, 2016

QOD:  A woman’s guess is much more accurate that a man’s certainty.  ~  Rudyard Kipling (Dec. 30, 1865 ~ Jan. 18, 1936)

Thursday 29 December 2016

Thursday, December 29, 2016

QOD:  Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you’re really strangers.  ~  Mary Tyler Moore (b. Dec. 29, 1936)  [Mary Tyler Moore died on January 25, 2017.]

Wednesday 28 December 2016

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

QOD:  The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn’t contain a single idea.  ~  Mortimer Adler (Dec. 28, 1902 ~ June 28, 2001)

Tuesday 27 December 2016

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

QOD:  In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life.  ~  Sarah Vowell (b. Dec. 27, 1969), American historian and social commentator

Monday 26 December 2016

Monday, December 26, 2016 / Boxing Day

QOD:  We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.  ~  Henry Miller (Dec. 26, 1891 ~ June 7, 1980)

Sunday 25 December 2016

Sunday, December 25, 2016 / Christmas

QOD:  Ask yourself:  Have you been kind today?  Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.  ~  Annie Lennox (b. Dec. 25, 1954)