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 23 June 2023

Friday, June 23, 2023

QOD:  The body provides something for the spirit to look after and use.  ~  Alan Turing (June 23, 1912 ~ June 7, 1954), English mathematician and computer scientist

Thursday 22 June 2023

Thursday, June 22, 2023

QOD:  For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.  ~  Anne Morrow Lindbergh (née Anne Spencer Morrow; June 22, 1906 ~ Feb. 7, 2001), American author

Wednesday 21 June 2023

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

QOD:  Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.  Therefore, we are saved by love.  ~  Reinhold Niebuhr (né Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr; June 21, 1892 ~ June 1, 1971), Christian theologian

Tuesday 20 June 2023

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

QOD:  Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge’s chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view.  ~  Lillian Hellman (née Lillian Florence Hellman; June 20, 1905 ~ June 30, 1984), American playwright

Monday 19 June 2023

Monday, June 19, 2023 // Juneteenth

QOD:  Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.  ~  Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 ~ Aug. 19, 1662), French mathematician

Sunday 18 June 2023

Sunday, June 18, 2023 // Father's Day

QOD:  When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.  ~   Unknown