Monday, July 4, 2022 / Independence Day

QOD:  Nothing is easier than spending public money.  It does not appear to belong to anybody.  The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.  ~  Calvin Coolidge (July 4, 1872 ~ Jan. 5, 1933), 30^th President of the United States

Sunday, July 3, 2022

QOD:  Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child’s reason without destroying your own.  ~  John Mason Brown (July 3, 1900 ~ Mar. 16, 1969), American drama critic and essayist

Friday, July 1, 2022

QOD:  A bad rendition of you is better than a good rendition of somebody else.  ~  Willie Dixon (né William James Dixon; July 1, 1915 ~ January 29, 1992), African-American musician and songwriter

 

Thursday, June 30, 2022

QOD:  If you’re not humble, life will visit your humbleness.  ~  Mike Tyson (né Michael Gerard Tyson, b. June 30, 1966), African-American professional boxer

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

QOD:  Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living.  ~  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (June 29, 1900 ~ July 31, 1944), French pilot and writer

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

QOD:  Laughter is a protest scream against death.  ~  Mel Brooks (né Melvin Kaminsky; b. June 28, 1926), American filmmaker and comedian

Monday, June 27, 2022

QOD:  What they call you is one thing.  What you answer to is something else.  ~  Lucille Clifton (née Thelma Lucille Sayles; June 27, 1936 ~ Feb. 13, 2010), African-American poet and writer