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 23 November 2018

Friday, November 23, 2018

QOD:  A people must have dignity and identity.  ~ Andrew Goodman (Nov. 23, 1943 ~ June 21, 1964), American social worker and civil rights activist

Thursday 22 November 2018

Thursday, November 22, 2018 / Thanksgiving

QOD:  The color of truth is gray.  ~  André Gide (né André Paul Guillaume Gide; Nov. 22, 1869 ~ Feb. 19, 1951), French recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature

Wednesday 21 November 2018

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

QOD:  Shun idleness.  It’s a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.  ~  Voltaire (né François-Marie Arouet, b. Nov. 21, 1694 ~ d. May 30, 1778), French writer

Tuesday 20 November 2018

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

QOD:  When my brothers try to draw a circle to exclude me, I shall draw a larger circle to include them.  ~  Pauli Murray (née Anna Pauline Murray; Nov. 20, 1910 ~ July 1, 1985), African-American social activist and Episcopal priest

Monday 19 November 2018

Monday, November 19, 2018

QOD:  There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.  ~  Peter Drucker (né Peter Ferdinand Drucker; Nov. 19, 1909 ~ Nov. 11, 2005), Austrian-born management consultant

Sunday 18 November 2018

Sunday, November 18, 2018

QOD:  Being a test pilot isn’t always the healthiest business in the world.  ~  Alan Shepard (né Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.; Nov. 18, 1923 ~ July 21, 1998), American astronaut