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.

Showing posts with label July 31. Show all posts
Showing posts with label July 31. Show all posts

Monday, 31 July 2023

Monday, July 31, 2023

QOD:  Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.  ~  Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 ~ Nov. 16, 2006), recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science

Sunday, 31 July 2022

Sunday, July 31, 2022

QOD:  It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you love so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all.  ~  J.K. Rowling (née Joanne Rowling; b. July 31, 1965), British novelist

Friday, 31 July 2020

Friday, July 31, 2020

QOD:  My mother taught me caring and sensitivity towards the feelings of other, animals as well as humans.  She gave me much good, practical advice for getting through life.  ~  Robert Merton (né Robert Cox Merton; b. July 31, 1944), American mathematician and recipient of the 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

QOD:  If I could go to dinner with one person, alive or dead, I think I would choose alive.  ~ B.J. Novak (né Benjamin Joseph Novak; b. July 31, 1979)

Tuesday, 31 July 2018

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

QOD:  It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.  ~  J.K. Rowling (b. July 31, 1965)

Sunday, 31 July 2016

Sunday, July 31, 2016

QOD:  The power to do good is also the power to do harm.  ~  Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 ~ Nov. 16, 2006)

Friday, 31 July 2015

Friday, July 31, 2015

QOD:  Hall hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.  ~  Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 ~ Nov. 16, 2006)

Thursday, 31 July 2014

Thursday, July 31, 2014

QOD:  If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.  ~  J.K. Rowling (né Joanne Rowling; b. July 31, 1965)

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

QOD:  If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.  ~  Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 ~ Nov. 16, 2006), recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

QOD:  A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.  ~  Zsa Zsa Gabor  (b. Feb. 6, 1917)  [Zsa Zsa Gabor died at age 99 on December 18, 2016]

Sunday, 31 July 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

QOD: I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations. ~ Barbra Streisand (b. Apr. 24, 1942)