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.

Showing posts with label April 10. Show all posts
Showing posts with label April 10. Show all posts

Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

QOD:  Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.  ~  Anne Lamott (b. Apr. 10, 1954), American novelist

Monday, 10 April 2023

Monday, April 10, 2023

QOD:  Travel is equal parts flight and pursuit.  ~  Paul Theroux (né Paul Edward Theroux; b. Apr. 10, 1941), American travel writer and novelist

 

Sunday, 10 April 2022

Sunday, April 10, 2022 / Palm Sunday

QOD:  Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.  ~  Anne Lamott (b. Apr. 10, 1954), American novelist

Friday, 10 April 2020

Friday, April 10, 2020 / Good Friday

QOD:  Resentments don’t hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.  ~  Anne Lamott (b. Apr. 10, 1954), American writer

Wednesday, 10 April 2019

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

QOD:  We must have standards, no matter how low.  ~  Anne Lamott (b. Apr. 10, 1954), American novelist

Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

QOD:  A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man.  ~ William Hazlitt (Apr. 10, 1778 ~ Sept. 18, 1830)

Sunday, 10 April 2016

Sunday, April 10, 2016

QOD:  The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you’re only as well as you are.  ~  Anne Lamott (b. Apr. 10, 1954), American author

Friday, 10 April 2015

Friday, April 10, 2015

QOD:  Working gets in the way of living.  ~  Omar Sharif (Apr. 10, 1932 ~ July 10, 2015), Egyptian actor

Thursday, 10 April 2014

Thursday, April 10, 2014

QOD:  Perfection is the voice of the oppressor.  ~  Anne Lamott (b. Apr. 10, 1954)

Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

QOD:  You can safely assume that you’ve created G~d in your own image when it turns out that G~d hates all the same people you do.  ~  Anne Lamott (b. Apr. 10, 1954)

Friday, 10 August 2012

Friday, August 10, 2012

QOD:  When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general.  It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.  ~  Herbert Hoover (Aug. 10, 1874 ~ Oct. 20, 1964)

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

QOD:  Minds are like parachutes.  They only function when they are open.  ~  Sir James Dewar (Sept. 20, 1842 ~ Mar. 27, 1923)

Sunday, 10 April 2011

Sunday, April 10, 2011

QOD: People will buy anything that is one to a customer. ~ Sinclair Lewis (né Harry Sinclair Lewis; Feb. 7, 1885 ~ Jan. 10, 1951), American author