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, 17 March 2023

Friday, March 17, 2023 // St. Patrick's Day

QOD:  The future is already here.  It’s just not evenly distributed yet.  ~  William Gibson (né William Ford Gibson; b. Mar. 17, 1948), American-Canadian speculative fiction writer

Thursday, 16 March 2023

Thursday, March 16, 2023

QOD:  A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.  ~  James Madison, Jr. (Mar. 16, 1751 ~ June 28, 1836), 4th President of the United States

Wednesday, 15 March 2023

Wednesday, March 15, 2023 // Ides of March

QOD:  One of the difficulties of being alive today is that everything is absurd but fewer and fewer things are funny.  ~  Alexandra Petri (née Alexandra Attkisson Petri; b. Mar. 15, 1988), American humorist and writer

Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 / Pi Day

QOD:  Smiling doesn’t win you gold medals.  ~  Simone Biles (née Simone Arianne Biles; b. Mar. 14, 1997), American gymnast

Monday, 13 March 2023

Monday, March 13, 2023

QOD:  You must create another language and nourish it for years and years with what you have loved, with what you have lost, with what you will never find again.  ~  Giorgos Seferis (Mar. 13, 1900 ~ Sept. 20, 1971), Greek poet and recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature

Sunday, 12 March 2023

Sunday, March 12, 2023

QOD:  The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time.  ~  Jack Kerouac (Mar. 12, 1922 ~ Oct. 21, 1969), American novelist