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 14 September 2018

Friday, September 14, 2018

QOD:  There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.  ~ Geraldine Brooks (b. Sept. 14, 1955)

Thursday 13 September 2018

Thursday, September 13, 2018

QOD:  If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.  ~  Roald Dahl (Sept. 13, 1916 ~ Nov. 25, 1990)

Wednesday 12 September 2018

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

QOD:  If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.  ~  H.L. Mencken (né Henry Louis Mencken Sept. 12, 1880 ~ Jan. 29, 1956)

Tuesday 11 September 2018

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

QOD:  If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.  ~  O. Henry (né William Sydney Porter, Sept. 11, 1862 ~ June 5, 1910)

Monday 10 September 2018

Monday, September 10, 2018

QOD:  I hate the past ~ especially my own past.  ~  Karl Lagerfeld (b. Sept. 10, 1938)  [Karl Lagerfeld died on February 19, 2019 at age 85.]

Sunday 9 September 2018

Sunday, September 9, 2018

QOD:  An arrogant person considers himself perfect.  This is the chief harm of arrogance.  It interferes with a person’s main task in life ~ becoming a better person.  ~  Leo Tolstoy (Sept. 9, 1828 ~ Nov. 20, 1910)