Friday, April 5, 2024

QOD:  We fabricate fictions not so that the false will seem true, but to tell the most unspeakable truth with absolute faithfulness.  ~  Elena Ferrante (b. Apr. 5, 1943), Italian novelist

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

QOD:  Work is the least disappointing relationship you can have.  ~  Bette Davis (née Ruth Elizabeth Davis, Apr. 5, 1908 ~ Oct. 6, 1989), American actress

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

QOD:  You should never say bad things about the dead, only good. … Joan Crawford is dead.  Good.  ~  Bette Davis (née Ruth Elizabeth Davis, Apr. 5, 1908 ~ Oct. 6, 1989), American actress

Monday, April 5, 2021

QOD:  Spare me the grim litany of the realist.  Give me the unrealistic aspirations of the optimist any day.  ~  Colin Powell (né Colin Luther Powell; Apr. 5, 1937), American 4-star general and United States National Security Advisor

Sunday, April 5, 2020

QOD:  Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.  ~  Colin Powell (né Colin Luther Powell; Apr. 5, 1937), American 4-star general and United States National Security Advisor

Friday, April 5, 2019

QOD:  There are just two things you can do to win a Nobel Prize ~ have a good idea and pursue it effectively.  ~  Ivar Giaever (b. Apr. 5. 1929), recipient of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics

Thursday, April 5, 2018

QOD:  Success is to be measured not so much as by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.  ~  Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington (né Booker Taliaferro Washington, Apr. 5, 1856 ~ Nov. 14, 1915)

Tuesday, April 5 , 2016

QOD:  There are no secrets to success.  It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.  ~  Colin Powell (né Colin Luther Powell; b. Apr. 5, 1937), American 4-Star General and United States National Security Advisor

Sunday, April 5, 2015 / Easter

QOD:  Experts often possess more data than judgment.  ~  Colin Powell (né Colin Luther Powell; b. Apr. 5, 1937), American politician and 4-Star General in the United States Army

Friday, April 5, 2013

QOD:  What did I do in high school?  I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches.  ~  Gregory Peck (né Eldred Gregory Peck; Apr. 5, 1916 ~ June 12, 2003)

Thursday, April 5, 2012

QOD:  Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.  ~  Mae West (née Mary Jane West; Aug. 17, 1893 ~ Nov. 22, 1980)

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

QOD: Patience is a minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. ~ Ambrose Bierce (June 24, 1842 ~ disappeared 1914)