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, 23 January 2012

Monday, January 23, 2012

QOD: The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out. ~ Voltaire (né François-Marie Arouet; Nov. 21, 1694 ~ May 30, 1778), French writer

Sunday, 22 January 2012

Sunday, January 22, 2012

QOD: Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment. ~ Robert Benchley (né Robert Charles Benchley; Sept. 15, 1889 ~ Nov. 21, 1945), American humorist and journalist

Friday, 20 January 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012

QOD: Let Wall Street have a nightmare and the whole country has to help them back in bed again. ~ Will Rogers (né William Penn Adair Rogers; Nov. 4, 1879 ~ Aug. 15, 1935), American humorist

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012

QOD: The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you have been.  ~  Madeleine L'Engle (née Madeleine L'Engle Camp; Nov. 29, 1918 ~ Sept. 6, 2007), American author

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

QOD: Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ~ Albert Einstein (Mar. 14, 1879 ~ Apr. 18, 1955), German-born theoretical physicist

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

QOD: The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. ~ Mark Twain (né Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Nov. 30, 1835 ~ Apr. 21, 1910), American author

Monday, 16 January 2012

Monday, January 16, 2012

QOD: The only normal people are the ones you don't know well. ~ Joe Ancis