Monday, July 3, 2023

QOD:  Never worry about what the cool people think.  Head for the warm people.  Life is warm.  You’ll be cool when you’re dead.  ~  Matt Haig (b. July 3, 1975), British journalist and author

Sunday, July 3, 2022

QOD:  Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child’s reason without destroying your own.  ~  John Mason Brown (July 3, 1900 ~ Mar. 16, 1969), American drama critic and essayist

Friday, July 3, 2020

QOD:  Since we must eat to live, we might as well do it with both grace and gusto.  ~  M.F.K. Fisher (née Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, July 3, 1908 ~ June 22, 1992), American food writer

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

QOD:  If an idea is worth having once, it’s worth having twice.  ~  Sir Tom Stoppard (né Tomáš Straussler; b. July 3, 1937), Czech-born playwright

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

QOD:  There are two ways to slide though life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both save us from thinking.  ~  Alfred Korzybski (July 3, 1879 ~ Mar. 1, 1950)

Sunday, June 3, 2016

QOD:  In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.  ~  Franz Kafka (July 3, 1883 ~ June 3, 1924)

Friday, July 3, 2015

QOD:  Not all chemicals are bad.  Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.  ~  Dave Barry (né  David McAlister Barry; b. July 3, 1947)

Thursday, July 3, 2014

QOD:  It’s a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person’s plate.  ~  Dave Barry (né David McAlister Barry; b. July 3, 1947)

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

QOD:  The Internet:  transforming society and shaping the future through chat.  ~  Dave Barry (né David McAlister Barry; b. July 3, 1947)

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

QOD:  In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps.  ~  Dave Barry (né David McAlister Barry; b. July 3, 1947)

Sunday July 3, 2011

QOD: A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man.  But a pig will look you straight in the eye and see his equal. ~ Sir Winston Churchill (né Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill; Nov. 30, 1874 ~ Jan. 24, 1965)