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 25 January 2019

Friday, January 25, 2019

QOD:  You cannot find peace by avoiding life.  ~  Virginia Woolf (née Adeline Virginia Stephen, Jan. 25, 1882 ~ Mar. 28, 1941)

Thursday 24 January 2019

Thursday, January 24, 2019

QOD:  I don’t always follow my own advice. ~  Edith Wharton (née Edith Newbold Jones; Jan. 24, 1862 ~ Aug. 11, 1937)

Wednesday 23 January 2019

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

QOD:  The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.  ~  Stendhal (né Marie-Henri Beyle; Jan. 23, 1783 ~ Mar. 23, 1842)

Tuesday 22 January 2019

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

QOD:  Anger makes dull men witty, but keeps them poor.  ~  Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount of St. Alban (Jan. 22, 1561 ~ Apr. 9, 1626)

Monday 21 January 2019

Monday, January 21, 2019 / Martin Luther King, Jr., Day

QOD:  When you’re older and wiser a lot of the ego has gone out the window. ~  Billy Ocean (né Leslie Sebastian Charles; b. Jan. 21, 1950), British musician

Sunday 20 January 2019

Sunday, January 20, 2019

QOD:  It’s too bad the people who really know how to run the country are so busy cutting hair and driving taxis.  ~  George Burns (né Nathan Birnbaum; Jan. 20, 1896 ~ Mar. 9, 1996)