Sunday, January 15, 2012

QOD: To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. ~ Thomas Edison (né Thomas Alva Edison; Feb. 11, 1847 ~ Oct. 18, 1931), American inventor

Friday, January 13, 2012 / Friday the 13th

QOD: Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up for work. ~ Chuck Close (né Charles Thomas Close; b. July 5, 1940), American artist

Thursday, January 12, 2012

QOD: True generosity toward the future consists in giving everything to the present.  ~   Albert Camus (né Nov. 7, 1913 ~ Jan. 4, 1960), French existentialist philosopher and recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

QOD: How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? ~ Satchel Paige (né Leroy Robert Paige; July 7, 1906 ~ June 8, 1982), American baseball player

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

QOD: Marriage is very difficult. It's like a 5,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, all sky. ~ Cathy Ladman (b. Oct 15, 1955), American comedian

Monday, January 9, 2012

QOD: The first rule of holes: When you're in one, stop digging. ~ Molly Ivins (née Mary Tyler Ivins;  Aug. 30, 1944 ~ Jan. 31, 2007), American journalist and columnist

Sunday, January 8, 2012

QOD: Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. Broad, wholesome, charitable views cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth. ~ Mark Twain (né Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Nov. 30, 1835 ~ Apr. 21, 1910), American author