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 3 November 2017

Friday, November 3, 2017

QOD:  Achievement results from work realizing ambition.  ~  Adam Ant (né Stuart Leslie Goddard; b. Nov. 3, 1954), British musician

Thursday 2 November 2017

Thursday, November 2, 2017

QOD:  You have to fight against being an antique.  ~  Burt Lancaster (né Burton Stephen Lancaster; Nov. 2, 1913 ~ Oct. 20, 1994), American actor

Wednesday 1 November 2017

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

QOD:  Students don’t know who Mark Twain was because he wasn’t in the test.  ~  Kinky Friedman (né Richard Samet Friedman; b. Nov. 1, 1944), American humorist

Tuesday 31 October 2017

Tuesday, October 31, 2017 / Halloween

QOD:  When you dominate other people’s emotions, the time has to come when you will have to pay, and heavily, for that privilege.  ~  Ethel Waters (Oct 31, 1896 ~ Sept. 1, 1977), African-American singer and actress

Monday 30 October 2017

Monday, October 30, 2017

QOD:  When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.  ~  Ezra Pound (né Ezra Weston Loomis Pound; Oct. 30, 1885 ~ Nov. 1, 1972), American poet

Sunday 29 October 2017

Sunday, October 29, 2017

QOD:  In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!  ~  Dan Castellaneta (né Daniel Louis Castellaneta; b. Oct. 29, 1957), American actor