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 1 October 2021

Friday, October 1, 2021

QOD:  Our growth depends not on how many experiences we devour, but on how many we digest.  ~  Ralph W. Sockman (né Ralph Washington Sockman; Oct. 1, 1889 ~ Aug. 29, 1970), American pastor

Thursday 30 September 2021

Thursday, September 30, 2021

QOD:  The only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.  ~  Elie Wiesel (né Eliezer Wiesel; Sept. 30, 1928 ~ July 2, 2016), Romanian-born writer and Holocaust survivor

Wednesday 29 September 2021

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

QOD:  It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.  ~  Miguel de Cervantes (Sept. 29, 1547 ~ Apr. 23, 1616), Spanish writer

Tuesday 28 September 2021

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

QOD:  War is a series of catastrophes that result in a victory.  ~  Georges Clemenceau (né Georges Benjamin Clemenceau; Sept. 28, 1841 ~ Nov. 24, 1929), French statesman and politician

Monday 27 September 2021

Monday, September 27, 2021

QOD:  I didn’t go to high school.  I think that after you learn to read and write and do your numbers and flush the toilet behind yourself, you don’t need more schoolin’.  You need to get out in the water and swim.  ~  Wilford Brimley (né Anthony Wilford Brimley; Sept. 27, 1934 ~ Aug. 1, 2020), American actor

Sunday 26 September 2021

Sunday, September 26, 2021

QOD:  Life is a lot like jazz ~ it’s best when you improvise.  ~  George Gershwin (né Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz; Sept. 26, 1898 ~ July 11, 1937), American composer