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 15 April 2016

Friday, April 15, 2016 / Tax Day

QOD:  Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication.  Someone isn’t listening.  ~  Emma Thompson (b. April 15, 1959), British actress

Thursday 14 April 2016

Thursday, April 14, 2016

QOD:  In the long run, you make your own luck ~ good, bad or indifferent.  ~  Loretta Lynn (b. Apr. 14, 1935), American country-music musician

Wednesday 13 April 2016

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

QOD:  I like getting married, but I don’t like being married.  ~  Don Adams (né Donald James Yarmy; Apr. 13, 1926 ~ Sept. 25, 2005), American actor

Tuesday 12 April 2016

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

QOD:  My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary.  It is the word I want to use spelled “practice” or “practice”?  The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted.  ~ Beverly Cleary (née Beverly Atlee Bunn; b. Apr. 12, 1916), American author of children's books  [Beverly Cleary died on March 25, 2021 at age 104.]

Monday 11 April 2016

Monday, April 11, 2016

QOD:  A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they’re dead.  ~  Leo C. Rosten (né Leo Calvin Rosten; Apr. 11, 1908 ~ Feb. 19, 1997), American humorist and author

Sunday 10 April 2016

Sunday, April 10, 2016

QOD:  The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you’re only as well as you are.  ~  Anne Lamott (b. Apr. 10, 1954), American author