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, 20 June 2018

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

QOD:  It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.  ~  Lillian Hellman (June 20, 1905 ~ June 30, 1984)

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

QOD:  A mistake in judgment isn’t fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.  ~  Pauline Kael, movie critic (June 19, 1919 ~ Sept. 3, 2001)

Monday, 18 June 2018

Monday, June 18, 2018

QOD:  Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying.  You’ve got to be taught to hate.  ~ Roger Ebert (June 18, 1942 ~ Apr. 4, 2013)

Sunday, 17 June 2018

Sunday, June 17, 2018 / Father's Day

QOD:  Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society.  The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.  ~  G.B. Stern (June 17, 1890 ~ Sept. 20, 1973)

Friday, 15 June 2018

Friday, June 15, 2018

QOD:  In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.  ~  Herbert Simon (né Herbert Alexander Simon; June 15, 1916 ~ Feb. 9, 2001), recipient of the 1978 Nobel Memorial Price in Economic Science

Thursday, 14 June 2018

Thursday, June 14, 2018 / Flag Day

QOD:  Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.  ~  Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 ~ July 1, 1896)

Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

QOD:  The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. ~  William Butler Yeats (June 13, 1865 ~ Jan. 28, 1939)