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 3 September 2021

Friday, September 3, 2021

QOD:  Everyone hits bottom their own way.  ~  Eileen Brennan (née Verla Eileen Brennan; Sept. 3, 1935 ~ July 28, 2013), American actress

Thursday 2 September 2021

Thursday, September 2, 2021

QOD:  Those who take the high road of humility in Washington, D.C., are not bothered by heavy traffic.  ~  Alan Simpson (né Alan Kooi Simpson; b. Sept. 2, 1931), American politician

Wednesday 1 September 2021

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

QOD:  Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans.  It’s the lousy 2 percent that get all the publicity.  ~  Lily Tomlin (née Mary Jean Tomlin, b. Sept. 1, 1939), American actress and comedian

 

Tuesday 31 August 2021

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

QOD:  People who say others are difficult are usually difficult themselves.  ~  Sir Van Morrison (né George Ivan Morrison; b. August 31, 1945), Northern Irish singer-songwriter

Monday 30 August 2021

Monday, August 30, 2021

QOD:  I always thought the world was divided into only two kinds of people ~ those who think the world is divided into only two kinds of people, and those who don’t.  ~  Molly Ivins (née Mary Tyler Ivins; Aug. 30, 1944 ~ Jan. 31, 2006), American newspaper columnist and humorist

Sunday 29 August 2021

Sunday, August 29, 2021

QOD:  Don’t be “consistent,” but be simply true.  ~  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (Aug. 29, 1809 ~ Oct. 7, 1894), American physician