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 18 January 2019

Friday, January 18, 2019

QOD:  Everybody wants to be Cary Grant.  Even I want to be Cary Grant.  ~  Cary Grant (né Archibald Alexander Leach; Jan. 18, 1904 ~ Nov. 29, 1986), American actor

Thursday 17 January 2019

Thursday, January 17, 2019

QOD:  If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.  ~  Betty White (née Betty Marion White; b. Jan. 17, 1922)

Wednesday 16 January 2019

Wednesday, January 16, 2018

QOD:  Time exists in order that everything doesn’t happen all at once … and space exists so that it doesn’t all happen to you.  ~  Susan Sontag (Jan. 16, 1933 ~ Dec. 28, 2004), American writer and political activist

Tuesday 15 January 2019

Tuesday, January 15, 2018

QOD:  Question everything.  Every stripe, every star, every word spoken.  Everything.  ~  Ernest J. Gaines (né Ernest James Gaines; Jan. 15, 1933), African-American author from Louisiana [Ernest Gaines died on November 5, 2019 at age 86.]

Monday 14 January 2019

Monday, January 14, 2019

QOD:  Death is a distant rumor to the young.  ~  Andy Rooney (né Andrew Aitken Rooney, Jan. 14, 1919 ~ Nov. 4, 2011), American television personality

Sunday 13 January 2019

Sunday, January 13, 2018

QOD:  If at first you don’t succeed, try Botox.  ~  Jay McInerney (né John Barrett McInerney, Jr., b. Jan. 13, 1955), American author