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 22 June 2018

Friday, June 22, 2018

QOD:  We pay more attention when we have different leadership.  ~  Octavia Butler (June 22, 1947 ~ Feb. 24, 2006)

Thursday 21 June 2018

Thursday, June 21, 2018

QOD:  Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern despotism.  ~  Mary McCarthy (June 21, 1912 ~ Oct. 25, 1989)

Wednesday 20 June 2018

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

QOD:  It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.  ~  Lillian Hellman (June 20, 1905 ~ June 30, 1984)

Tuesday 19 June 2018

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

QOD:  A mistake in judgment isn’t fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.  ~  Pauline Kael, movie critic (June 19, 1919 ~ Sept. 3, 2001)

Monday 18 June 2018

Monday, June 18, 2018

QOD:  Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying.  You’ve got to be taught to hate.  ~ Roger Ebert (June 18, 1942 ~ Apr. 4, 2013)

Sunday 17 June 2018

Sunday, June 17, 2018 / Father's Day

QOD:  Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society.  The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.  ~  G.B. Stern (June 17, 1890 ~ Sept. 20, 1973)