Thursday, February 8, 2024

QOD:  War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.  ~  William Sherman (né William Tecumseh Sherman; Feb. 8, 1820 ~ Feb. 14, 1891), American general and educator

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

QOD:  What exists, exists so that it can be lost and become precious.  ~  Lisel Mueller (née Elisabeth Neumann; Feb. 8, 1914 ~ Feb. 21, 2020), German-born poet

Monday, February 8, 2021

QOD:  Failure seldom stops you.  What stops you is the fear of failure.  ~  Jack Lemmon (né John Uhler Lemmon, III; Feb. 8, 1925 ~ June 27, 2001), American actor

Friday, February 8, 2019

QOD:  How often people betray themselves by what they notice in others.  ~  Rachel Cusk (b. Feb. 8, 1967), Canadian author

Thursday, February 8, 2018

QOD:  I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.  A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.  ~  Jules Gabriel Verne (Feb. 8, 1828 ~ Mar. 24, 1905)

Monday, February 8, 2016

QOD:  We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.  ~  Jules Verne (Feb. 8, 1828 ~ Mar. 24, 1905), French novelist

Friday, February 8, 2013

QOD:  I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.  If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.  ~  William Tecumseh Sherman (Feb. 8, 1820 ~ Feb. 14, 1891), United States General

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

QOD: Character is much easier kept than recovered. ~ Thomas Paine (Feb. 9, 1737 ~ June 8,  1809), English-born early American political activist

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

QOD: Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom. ~ Phyllis Theroux (b. Feb. 22, 1939)