Thursday, August 31, 2023

QOD:  Everybody has got to died, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case.  ~  William Saroyan (Aug. 31, 1908 ~ May 18, 1981), American novelist

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

QOD:  All news is an exaggeration of life.  ~  Daniel Schorr (né Daniel Louis Schorr; Aug. 31, 1916 ~ July 23, 2010), American journalist

 

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

QOD:  People who say others are difficult are usually difficult themselves.  ~  Sir Van Morrison (né George Ivan Morrison; b. August 31, 1945), Northern Irish singer-songwriter

Monday, August 31, 2020

QOD:  The most important thing to do is really listen.  ~  Itzhak Perlman (b. Aug. 31, 1945), American violinist

Friday, August 31, 2018

QOD:  Sincerity: If you can fake it, you’ve got it made.  ~  Daniel Schorr (né Daniel Louis Schorr; Aug. 31, 1916 ~ July 23, 2010)

Thursday, August 31, 2017

QOD:  It’s good medicine to go to a concert hall and forget the harshness of what’s going on.  It can be a very positive thing.  ~  Itzhak Perlman (b. Aug. 31, 1945), Israeli violinist

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

QOD:  The future is keeping you out of the present time.  ~  Van Morrison (b. Aug. 31, 1945)

Monday, August 31, 2015

QOD:  A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays.  ~  Itzhak Perlman (b. Aug. 31, 1945)

Sunday, August 31, 2014

QOD:  This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or ten years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil.  You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development.  ~  Itzhak Perlman  (b. Aug. 31, 1945)

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

QOD: Fame is the sum of misapprehensions that accrue around a name. ~ Rainier Maria Rilke (Dec. 4, 1875 ~ Dec. 29, 1926), Austrian poet