QOD: A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something. ~ Wilson Mizner (May 19, 1876 ~ Apr. 3, 1933)
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.
Monday, 18 July 2011
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
QOD: Those only are happy who have their mind fixed on some object other than their own happiness. ~ John Stuart Mill (May 20, 1806 ~ May 8, 1873)
Friday, 15 July 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
QOD: People who say they don't care what other people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think. ~ George Carlin (né George Denis Patrick Carlin; May 12, 1937 ~ June 22, 2008)
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
QOD: Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. ~ G.B. Stern (née Gladys Bertha Stern; June 17, 1890 ~ Sept. 20, 1973), British novelist
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
QOD: A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. ~ Winston Churchill (Nov. 30, 1874 ~ Jan. 24, 1965)
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
QOD: I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me. ~ W. Somerset Maugham (né William Somerset Maugham; Jan. 25, 1874 ~ Dec. 16, 1965)
Monday, 11 July 2011
Monday July 11, 2011
QOD: But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. ~ Anne Brontë (Jan. 17, 1820 ~ May 28, 1849)