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 13 April 2018

Friday April, 2018 / Friday the 13th

QOD:  I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.  ~  Thomas Jefferson (Apr. 13, 1743 ~ July 4, 1826), 3rd President of the United States

Thursday 12 April 2018

Thursday, April 12, 2018

QOD:  I have found that the only thing that does bring you happiness is doing something good for somebody who is incapable of doing it for themselves.  ~  David Letterman (b. Apr. 12, 1947)

Wednesday 11 April 2018

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

QOD:  The problem is not that there are problems.  The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. ~  Theodore Isaac Rubin (né Theodore Isaac Rubin, b. Apr. 11, 1923)

Tuesday 10 April 2018

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

QOD:  A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man.  ~ William Hazlitt (Apr. 10, 1778 ~ Sept. 18, 1830)

Monday 9 April 2018

Monday, April 9, 2018

QOD:  If people are having trouble communicating, the least they could do is shut up about it.  ~  Tom Lehrer (né Thomas Andrew Lehrer, b. Apr. 9, 1928)

Sunday 8 April 2018

Sunday, April 8, 2018

QOD:  If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.  ~  Kofi Annan (b. Apr. 8, 1938)