Wednesday, May 8, 2024

QOD:  If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.  ~  Friedrich Hayek (né Friedrich August von Hayek; May 8, 1899 ~ Mar. 23, 1992), Austrian economist and recipient of the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Monday, May 8, 2023

QOD:  I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expenses is equal to my wishes.  ~  Edward Gibbon (May 8, 1737 ~ Jan. 16, 1794), English historian

Sunday, May 8, 2022 // Mother's Day

QOD:   Mother's love is peace.  It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.  ~  Erich Fromm (Mar. 23, 1900 ~ Mar. 18, 1980), German psychoanalyst

Friday, May 8, 2020

QOD:  If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers.  ~  Thomas Pynchon (né Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr.; b. May 8, 1937), American author

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

QOD:  The White House is the finest prison in the world.  ~ Harry S Truman (May 8, 1884 ~ Dec. 26, 1972)

Friday, June 10, 2016

QOD:  Childhood is a tricky business.  Usually, something goes wrong.  ~  Maurice Sendak (né Maurice Bernard Sendak; June 10, 1928 ~ May 8, 2012)

Sunday, May 8, 2016 / Mother's Day

QOD:  If you can't convince them, confuse them.  ~  Harry S Truman (May 8, 1884 ~ Dec. 26, 1972)

Friday, May 8, 2015

QOD:  When you have an effective government, you have a dictatorship.  ~  Harry S Truman (May 8, 1884 ~ Dec. 26, 1972), American President

Thursday, May 8, 2014

QOD:  It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.  ~  Harry S Truman (May 8, 1884 ~ Dec. 26, 1972)

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

QOD:  I never did give anybody hell.  I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.  ~  Harry S Truman (May  8, 1884 ~ Dec. 26, 1972)

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

QOD:  Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.  ~  Benjamin Disraeli (Dec. 21, 1804 ~ Apr. 19, 1881)

Sunday, May 8, 2011 / Mother's Day

QOD: An error dies not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. ~ John F. Kennedy (May 29, 1917 ~ Nov. 22, 1963)