Thursday, May 9, 2024

QOD:  To be born is to be wrecked on an island.  ~  James M. Barrie (né James Matthew Barrie; May 9, 1860 ~ June 19, 1937), Scottish novelist and creator of Peter Pan

Thursday, May 2, 2024

QOD:  The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago; the second-best time is today.  ~  Chinese proverb  

Thursday, April 25, 2024

QOD:  It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.  ~  Cicero (BCE Jan. 3, 106 ~ BCE Dec. 7, 43, BCE), Roman statesmen and philosopher

 

Thursday, April 18, 2024

QOD:  If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone.  (Yoshida Kenkō; 1283 ~ 1350), Japanese poet

Thursday, April 11, 2024

QOD:  Fear is a bad guardian for a thing that ought to last.  ~  Cicero (BCE Jan. 3, 106 ~ BCE Dec. 7, 43,), Roman statesmen and philosopher

Thursday, April 4, 2024

QOD:  There is no way to stand firm on both feet and escape trouble.  ~  Homer, Greek philosopher and author  

Thursday, March 28, 2024

QOD:  Equality is for underachievers.  Am I right, ladies?  ~  Bonnie McFarlane (b. Mar. 28, 1973), Canadian comedian

Thursday, March 21, 2024

QOD:  A doubtful friend is worse that a certain enemy.  Let a man be one thing or the other, and then we know how to meet him.  ~  Aesop, Greek fabulist  

Thursday, March 14, 2024

QOD:  Dream the impossible ~ and go out and make it happen,  I walked on the moon.  What can’t you do?  ~  Eugene Cernan (né Eugene Andrew Cernan; Mar. 14, 1934 ~ Jan. 16, 2017), American astronaut

Thursday, March 7, 2024

QOD:  Somehow, we’ve weathered and witnessed / A nation that isn’t broken, but simply / unfinished.  ~  Amanda Gorman (b. Mar. 7, 1998), African-American poet

 

Thursday, February 29, 2024

QOD:  Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.  ~  Ovid, Roman poet

Thursday, February 22, 2024

QOD:  Bedew no man’s face with your spittle.  ~  George Washington (Feb. 22, 1732 ~ Dec. 14, 1799), 1st President of the United States 

Thursday, February 15, 2024

QOD:  Warning signs that a lover is bored: 1. Passionless kisses.  2. Frequent sighing.  3. Moved, left no forwarding address.  ~  Matt Groening (b. Feb. 15, 1954), American cartoonist and creator of The Simpsons

Thursday, February 8, 2024

QOD:  War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.  ~  William Sherman (né William Tecumseh Sherman; Feb. 8, 1820 ~ Feb. 14, 1891), American general and educator

Thursday February 1, 2024

QOD:  Americans love change, but they hate to be changed.  ~  Godfrey Hodgson (Feb. 1, 1934 ~ Jan. 27, 2021), British journalist

Thursday, January 25, 2024

QOD:  We accept the love we think we deserve.  ~  Stephen Chbosky, (b. Jan. 25, 1970), American screenwriter

Thursday, January 18, 2024

QOD:  The underlying essence of science is questioning.  Ask an impertinent question and you are on your way to a pertinent answer.  ~  Jacob Bronowski (Jan. 18, 1908 ~ Aug. 22, 1974), Polish-born English mathematician

Thursday, January 11, 2024

QOD:  All our life … is but a mass of habits.  ~  William James (Jan. 11, 1842 ~ Aug. 26, 1910), American psychologist and philosopher

Thursday, January 4, 2023

QOD:  I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.  ~  Sir Isaac Newton (Jan. 4, 1643 ~ Mar. 31, 1727), English mathematician and physicist

Thursday, December 28, 2023

QOD:  At your highest moment, be careful ~ That’s when the devil comes for you.  ~  Denzel Washington (b. Dec. 28, 1954), American actor