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 September 2016

Friday, September 30, 2016

QOD:  Just as despair can come to only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.  ~  Elie Wiesel (Sept. 30, 1928 ~ July 2, 2016)

Thursday 29 September 2016

Thursday, September 29, 2016

QOD:  Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.  ~  Miguel de Cervantes (Sept. 29, 1547 ~ Apr. 23, 1616)

Wednesday 28 September 2016

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

QOD:  Only idiots refuse to change their minds.  ~  Brigitte Bardot (b. Sept. 28, 1934)

Tuesday 27 September 2016

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

QOD:  Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question “What’s going on here?” can be elicited.  ~  Oliver E. Williamson (né Oliver Eaton Williamson; b. Sept. 27, 1932), recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science

Monday 26 September 2016

Monday, September 26, 2016

QOD:  I have measured out my live with coffee spoons.  ~  T.S. Eliot (né Thomas Sterns Eliot; Sept. 26, 1888 ~ Jan. 4, 1965)

Sunday 25 September 2016

Sunday, September 25, 2016

QOD:  Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.  ~  Barbara Walters (née Barbara Jill Walters; b. Sept. 25, 1929)  [Barbara Walters died on December 30, 2022 at age 93.]