Monday, December 19, 2022

QOD:  I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it.  ~  Eric Allin Cornell (b. Dec. 19, 1961), American physicist and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics

Sunday, December 19, 2021

QOD:  Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.  ~  Phil Ochs (Dec. 19, 1940 ~ Apr. 9, 1976), American singer-songwriter

Thursday, December 19, 2019

QOD:  Every damn fool thing you do in this life, you pay for.  ~  Édith Piaf (née Édith Giovanna Gassion; Dec. 19, 1915 ~ 1963), French singer

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

QOD:  My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits.  ~  Eric Allin Cornell (b. Dec. 19, 1961), recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

QOD:  The mere imparting of information is not education.  ~  Carter G. Woodson (Dec. 19, 1875 ~ Apr. 3, 1950), African-American historian

Monday, December 19, 2016

QOD:  The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.  ~  Phil Ochs (né Philip David Ochs; Dec. 19, 1940 ~ Apr. 9, 1976)

Friday, December 19, 2014

QOD:   Money?  How did I lose it?  I never did lose it.  I just never knew where it went.  ~ Édith Piaf (née Édith Giovanna Gassion; Dec. 19, 1915 ~ Oct. 10, 1963), French singer

Thursday, December 19, 2013

QOD:  I’d like to see one person ~ just one ~ who would own up to having been a coward.  ~ Édith Piaf (Dec. 19, 1915 ~ Oct. 11, 1963), French singer

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

QOD:  Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams.  If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you any more.  ~  Lady Gaga (née Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta; b. Mar. 28, 1986), American singer-songwriter

Monday, December 19, 2011

QOD: Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age. ~ H. L. Mencken (né Henry Louis Mencken; Sept. 12, 1880 ~ Jan. 29, 1956), American journalist

Sunday, December 19, 2010

QOD: It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world. ~ Nellie Bly (née Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman; May 5, 1864 ~ Jan.  27, 1922), American journalist