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, 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

Friday, June 19, 2020

QOD:  Our lives teach us who we are.  ~  Sir Salman Rushdie (né Ahmed Salman Rushdie; b. June 19, 1947), Novelist

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

QOD:  Everyone is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day.  Wisdom consists of not exceeding that limit.  ~  Elbert Hubbard (né Elbert Green Hubbard; June 19, 1856 ~ May 7, 1915)

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

QOD:  A mistake in judgment isn’t fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.  ~  Pauline Kael, movie critic (June 19, 1919 ~ Sept. 3, 2001)

Friday June 19, 2015

QOD:  Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.  ~  Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 ~ Aug. 19, 1662)

Thursday, June 19, 2014

QOD:  Kind words do not cost much.  Yet they accomplish much.  ~  Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 ~ Aug. 19, 1662)

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

QOD:  Do you wish people to think well of you?  Don’t speak well of yourself.  ~  Blaise Bascal (June 19, 1623 ~ Aug. 19, 1662)

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

QOD:  I love solitude, but I prize it most when company is available.  ~  Saul Bellow (June 10, 1915 ~ Apr. 5, 2005)

Sunday June 19, 2011

QOD: My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~ Clarence B. Kelland (né Clarence Budington Kelland; July 11, 1881 ~ Feb. 18, 1964)