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.

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

QOD:  Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children’s children, and their children.  I take that responsibility very seriously.  ~  (Maggie Q., née Margaret Denise Quigley, b. May 22, 1979)

Monday, 21 May 2018

Monday, May 21, 2018

QOD:  I don’t have much of an ego, but I have a great deal of confidence.  Raymond Burr ~  (né Raymond William Stacy Burr, May 21, 1917 ~ Sept. 12, 1993)

Sunday, 20 May 2018

Sunday, May 20, 2018

QOD:  Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men. ~ John Stuart Mill (May 20, 1806 ~ May 8, 1873)

Friday, 18 May 2018

Friday, May 18, 2018

QOD:  Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people’s happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.  ~ Bertrand Russell, 3rdEarl Russell (né Bertrand Arthur William, May 18, 1872 ~ Feb. 2, 1970)

Thursday, 17 May 2018

Thursday, May 17, 2018

QOD:  The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouth they’ve been in.  ~  Dennis Potter (né Dennis Christopher George Potter, May 17, 1935 ~ June 7, 1994)

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

QOD:  I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him.  ~  Studs Terkel (né Louis Terkel, May 16, 1912 ~ Oct. 31, 2008)

Tuesday, 15 May 2018

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

QOD:  People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise.  ~ Brian Eno (b. May 15, 1948)