QOD

This blog purely for my own amusement. I like to start the day with a quote, be it amusing, inspiration, or simply something that caught my fancy.

On occasion, I might also include some commentary on the day's crossword puzzle that is published in the Los Angeles Times.

Showing posts with label January 15. Show all posts
Showing posts with label January 15. Show all posts

Monday, 15 January 2024

Monday, January 15, 2024

QOD:  Somewhere along the way, we must learn that there is nothing greater that to do something for others.  ~  Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 ~ April 4, 1968), American minister and Civil Rights activist

Sunday, 15 January 2023

Sunday, January 15, 2023

QOD:  A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.  ~  Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 ~ April 4, 1968), American minister and Civil Rights activist

Friday, 15 January 2021

Friday, January 15, 2021

QOD:  In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.  ~  Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 ~ April 4, 1968), American minister and Civil Rights activist

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

QOD:  Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?”  ~  Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 ~ April 4, 1968)

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Tuesday, January 15, 2018

QOD:  Question everything.  Every stripe, every star, every word spoken.  Everything.  ~  Ernest J. Gaines (né Ernest James Gaines; Jan. 15, 1933), African-American author from Louisiana [Ernest Gaines died on November 5, 2019 at age 86.]

Monday, 15 January 2018

Monday, January 15, 2018

QOD:  Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.  ~  Molière (né Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, Jan. 15, 1622 ~ Feb. 17, 1673), French playwright

Sunday, 15 January 2017

Sunday, January 15, 2017

QOD:  The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.  ~ Molière (né Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, Jan. 15, 1622 ~ Feb. 17, 1673)

Friday, 15 January 2016

Friday, January 15, 2016

QOD:   Sometimes all you need is just for somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could.  ~  Drew Brees (né Drew Christopher Brees; b. Jan. 15, 1979), American football quarterback

Thursday, 15 January 2015

Thursday, January 15, 2015

QOD:  No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.  ~  Edward Teller (Jan. 15, 1908 ~ Sept. 9, 2003), Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist, known as the Father of the Hydrogen Bomb