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, 24 June 2022

Friday, June 24, 2022

QOD:  The truth is always different from what anyone says aloud.  ~  Stephen Dunn (b. June 24, 1939), American poet

Thursday, 23 June 2022

Thursday, June 23, 2022

QOD:  Not being known doesn’t stop the truth from being true.  ~  Richard Bach (né Richard David Bach; b. June 23, 1936), American author

Wednesday, 22 June 2022

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

QOD:  All that you touch / You Change.  ~  Octavia Butler (June 22, 1947 ~ Feb. 24, 2006), African-American science fiction author

Tuesday, 21 June 2022

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

QOD:  What’s the use of falling in love if you both remain inertly as-you-were?  ~  Mary McCarthy (née Mary Therese McCarthy; June 21, 1912 ~ Oct. 25, 1989), American novelist and political activist

 

Monday, 20 June 2022

Monday, June 20, 2022

QOD:  All too often, what readers do is judge profound what they have failed to grasp.  ~  Dan Sperber (b. June 20, 1942), French cognitive scientist

Sunday, 19 June 2022

Sunday, June 19, 2022

QOD:  The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.  ~  Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 ~ Aug. 19, 1662), French mathematician