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 November 1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label November 1. Show all posts

Wednesday, 1 November 2023

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

QOD:  Every sin is the result of a collaboration.  ~  Stephen Crane (Nov. 1, 1987 ~ June 5, 1900), American novelist

Monday, 1 November 2021

Monday, November 1, 2021

QOD:  You don’t have to have anything in common with people you’ve known since you were five.  With old friends, you’ve got your whole life in common.  ~  Lyle Lovett (né Lyle Pearce Lovett; b. Nov. 1, 1957), American musician

Sunday, 1 November 2020

Sunday, November 1, 2020

QOD:  Life is fragile.  We are not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.  ~  Tim Cook (né Timothy Donald Cook; b. Nov. 1, 1960), American CEO of Apple, Inc.

Friday, 1 November 2019

Friday, November 1, 2019

QOD:  You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change.  ~  Tim Cook (né Timothy Donald Cook; b. Nov. 1, 1960), American CEO of Apple, Inc.

Thursday, 1 November 2018

Thursday, November 1, 2018

QOD:  The only currency I value is the coin of the spirit.  ~ Kinky Friedman (né Richard Samset Friedman; b. Nov. 1, 1944), American humorist

Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

QOD:  Students don’t know who Mark Twain was because he wasn’t in the test.  ~  Kinky Friedman (né Richard Samet Friedman; b. Nov. 1, 1944), American humorist

Tuesday, 1 November 2016

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

QOD:  Politics is the only field in which the more experience you have, the worse you get.  ~  Kinky Friedman (né Richard Samet Friedman; b. Nov. 1, 1944)

Sunday, 1 November 2015

Sunday, November 1, 2015

QOD:  Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.  ~  Kinky Friedman (né Richard Samet Friedman; b. Nov. 1, 1944)

Friday, 1 November 2013

Friday, November 1, 2013

QOD:  Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.  ~  Kinky Friedman (né Richard Samet Friedman; b. Nov. 1, 1944)

Thursday, 1 November 2012

Thursday, November 1, 2012

QOD:  Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.  ~  Mark Twain (né Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Nov. 30, 1835 ~ Apr. 21, 1910), American writer and humorist

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

QOD: A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man. ~ Catherine Deneuve (b. Oct. 22, 1943), French actress

Monday, 1 November 2010

Monday, November 1, 2010

QOD: How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~ Anne Frank (née Annelies Marie Frank; b. June 12, 1929 ~ perished in Bergen-Belsen in February 1945), German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim