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.

Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

QOD: Harmony seldom makes a headline. ~ Silas Bent (Oct. 10, 1820 ~ Aug. 26, 1887), American naval officer

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 / Ides of March

QOD: Good artists borrow, great artist steal.  ~  Pablo Picasso (Oct. 25, 1881 ~ Apr. 8, 1973)

Monday, 14 March 2011

Monday, March 14, 2011

QOD: A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. ~ Benjamin Franklin (Jan. 17, 1706 ~ Apr. 17, 1790)

Sunday, 13 March 2011

Sunday, March 13, 2011

QOD: Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both. ~ Dorothy Parker (née Dorothy Rothschild; Aug. 22, 1893 ~ June 7, 1967)

Friday, 11 March 2011

Friday, March 11, 2011

QOD: A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail. ~ John Foster Dulles (Feb. 25, 1888 ~ May 24, 1959), 52nd United States Secretary of State

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Thursday, March 10, 2011

QOD: Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are.  ~  François Mauriac (né François Charles Mauriac; Oct. 11, 1885 ~ Sept. 1, 1970), French novelist

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

QOD: The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (Mar. 8, 1841 ~ Mar. 6, 1935)