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 5 August 2016

Friday, August 5, 2016

QOD:  It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.  ~  Guy de Maupassant (Aug. 5, 1850 ~ July 6, 1893)

Thursday 4 August 2016

Thursday, August 4, 2016

QOD:  Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves.  ~  Percy Bysshe Shelley (Aug. 4, 1792 ~ July 8, 1822)

Wednesday 3 August 2016

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

QOD:  War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.  ~  Ernie Pyle (Aug. 3, 1900 ~ Apr. 18, 1945)

Tuesday 2 August 2016

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

QOD:  Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying.  Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of it, go through it and get out of it.  ~  Isabel Allende (b. Aug. 2, 1942)

Monday 1 August 2016

Monday, August 1, 2016

QOD:  Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.  ~  Jerry Garcia (né Jerome John Garcia; Aug. 1, 1942 ~ Aug. 9, 1995)

Sunday 31 July 2016

Sunday, July 31, 2016

QOD:  The power to do good is also the power to do harm.  ~  Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 ~ Nov. 16, 2006)