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 15 June 2018

Friday, June 15, 2018

QOD:  In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.  ~  Herbert Simon (né Herbert Alexander Simon; June 15, 1916 ~ Feb. 9, 2001), recipient of the 1978 Nobel Memorial Price in Economic Science

Thursday 14 June 2018

Thursday, June 14, 2018 / Flag Day

QOD:  Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.  ~  Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 ~ July 1, 1896)

Wednesday 13 June 2018

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

QOD:  The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. ~  William Butler Yeats (June 13, 1865 ~ Jan. 28, 1939)

Tuesday 12 June 2018

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

QOD:  Boredom has a tendency to bring out the worst in people’s faces.  ~ Rona Jaffe (June 12, 1931 ~ Dec. 30, 2005)

Monday 11 June 2018

Monday, June 11, 2018

QOD:  Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.  ~ Jacques Yves Cousteau (June 11, 1910 ~ June 25, 1997)

Sunday 10 June 2018

Sunday, June 10, 2018

QOD:  She was what we used to call a suicide blonde ~ dyed by her own hand.  ~  Saul Bellow (June 10, 1915 ~ Apr. 2005)