Friday, December 29, 2017

QOD:  You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.  ~  Mary Tyler Moore (Dec. 29, 1936 ~ Jan. 25, 2017)

Thursday, December 28, 2017

QOD:  You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud, too.  That’s a part of it.  ~  Denzel Washington (né Denzel Hayes Washington; b. Dec. 28, 1954), African-American actor

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

QOD:  How do you know love is gone?  If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet – it’s gone.  ~  Marlene Dietrich (née Marie Magdalene Dietrich; Dec. 27, 1901 ~ May 6, 1992), German actress

Tuesday, December 26, 2017 / Boxing Day

QOD:  I haven’t got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.  ~  David Sedaris (b. Dec. 26, 1956), American writer and humorist

Monday, December 25, 2017 / Christmas

QOD:  Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.  ~  Jimmy Buffett (b. Dec. 25, 1946), American musician  [Jimmy Buffett died on September 1, 2023 at age 76.]

Sunday, December 24, 2017 / Christmas Eve

QOD:  The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.  ~  Matthew Arnold (Dec. 24, 1822 ~ Apr. 15, 1888), English poet and cultural critic