Friday, December 23, 2022

QOD:  People don’t play music in New Orleans for the reasons they do in Nashville or L.A. ~ to become stars or to get rich ~ they play because they’ve got to.  It’s in the streets, in their family, in their blood.  ~  Harry Shearer (né Harry Julius Shearer; b. Dec. 23, 1943), American actor and voice actor

Thursday, December 22, 2022

QOD:  Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense ~ the creative art.  ~  Kenneth Rexroth (né Kenneth Charles Marion Rexroth; Dec. 22, 1905 ~ June 6, 1982), American poet

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

QOD:  As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it.  ~  Benjamin Disraeli, 1^st Earl of Beaconsfield (Dec. 21, 1804 ~ Apr. 19, 1881), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

QOD:  Choosing whom to commit ourselves to is merely a case of identifying which particular variety of suffering we would most like to sacrifice ourselves for.  ~  Alain de Botton (b. Dec. 20, 1969), Swiss-born British philosopher

Monday, December 19, 2022

QOD:  I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it.  ~  Eric Allin Cornell (b. Dec. 19, 1961), American physicist and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics

Sunday, December 18, 2022

QOD:  Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs.  Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose ~ he died of fame.  ~  Keith Richards (b. Dec. 18, 1943), British musician and member of the Rolling Stones