Wednesday, December 27, 2023

QOD:  A people who conceive life to be the pursuit of happiness must be chronically unhappy.  ~  Marshall Sahlins (né Marshall David Sahlins; Dec. 27, 1930 ~ Apr. 5, 2021), American cultural anthropologist

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

QOD:  Chance favors the prepared mind.  ~  Louis Pasteur (Dec. 27, 1822 ~ Sept. 28, 1895), French biologist

Monday, December 27, 2021

QOD:  Sex: In America an obsession.  In other parts of the world, a fact.  ~  Marlene Dietrich (née Marie Magdalene Dietrich; Dec. 27, 1901 ~ May 6, 1992), German actress

Sunday, December 27, 2020

QOD:  It’s not what you are, it’s what you don’t become that hurts.  ~  Oscar Levant (Dec. 27, 1906 ~ Aug. 14, 1972), American composer and pianist

Friday, December 27, 2019

QOD:  There’s nothing like doing something wrong to learn how it might be done better.  ~  David Knopfler (b. Dec. 27, 1952), British musician

Thursday, December 27, 2018

QOD:  What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left. ~ Oscar Levant  (Dec. 27, 1906 ~ Aug. 14, 1972), American composer and pianist

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

QOD:  How do you know love is gone?  If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet – it’s gone.  ~  Marlene Dietrich (née Marie Magdalene Dietrich; Dec. 27, 1901 ~ May 6, 1992), German actress

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

QOD:  In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life.  ~  Sarah Vowell (b. Dec. 27, 1969), American historian and social commentator

Sunday, December 27, 2015

QOD:  History is full of really good stories.  That’s the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting.  ~  Sarah Vowell (née Sarah Jane Vowell; b. Dec. 27, 1969), American journalist and social commentator

Thursday, December 27, 2012

QOD:  Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.  ~  Marlene Dietrich (née Marie Magdalene Dietrich; Dec. 27, 1902 ~ May 6, 1992), German actress

Tuesday December 27, 2011

QOD: If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist. ~ Enrico Fermi (Sept. 29, 1901 ~ Nov. 28, 1954), Italian physicist and recipient of the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics

Monday, December 27, 2010

QOD: How did it get so late so soon?  It's night before it's afternoon.   December is here before its June.   My goodness how the time has flewn.   How did it get so late so soon?    ~   Dr. Seuss (né Theodor Seuss Geisel; Mar. 2, 1904 ~ Sept. 24, 1991), American author