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 8 March 2019

Friday, March 8, 2019

QOD:  Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.  ~  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (Mar. 8, 1841 ~ Mar. 6, 1935)

Thursday 7 March 2019

Thursday, March 7, 2019

QOD:  Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.  ~  Maurice Ravel (né Joseph Maurice Ravel; Mar. 7, 1875 ~ Dec. 28, 1937)

Wednesday 6 March 2019

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

QOD:  No snowflake in an avalanche ever fees responsible.  ~  Stanisław J. Lec (né Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Lec; Mar. 6, 1909 ~ May 7, 1966)

Tuesday 5 March 2019

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

QOD:  A joke is a way to say, “I’m going to do something funny now.  If I don’t get a laugh at the end, I’m a failure.”  ~  Penn Jillette (né Penn Fraser Jillette; b. Mar. 5, 1955)

Monday 4 March 2019

Monday, March 4, 2019

QOD:  I have always believed that when you’re feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.  ~  Patricia Heaton (b. Mar. 4, 1958)

Sunday 3 March 2019

Sunday, March 3, 2019

QOD:  When I was seven and we lived in New York, I ran away.  I took my dog and started out across the Brooklyn Bridge … I didn’t get very far … It’s rather difficult to run away in your mother’s high heels.  ~  Lee Radziwiłł (née Caroline Lee Bouvier; Mar. 3, 1933 ~ Feb. 15, 2019)