Friday, November 11, 2022

QOD:  The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.  ~  Fyodor Dostoyevesky (né Fyodor Mikhailovich; Nov. 11, 1821 ~ Feb. 9, 1881), Russian novelist

Thursday, November 11, 2021 / Veteran's Day

QOD:  If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.  ~  Jonathan Winters (né Jonathan Harshman Winters, III; Nov. 11, 1925 ~ Apr. 11, 2013), American comedian

Wednesday, November 11, 2020 / Veteran's Day

QOD:  The arts are not a way to make a living.  They are a very human way of making life more bearable.  ~  Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Nov. 11, 1922 ~ Apr. 11, 2007), American writer

Sunday, November 10, 2019

QOD:  Perfection is like chasing the horizon.  Keep moving.  ~  Neil Gaiman (né Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman; b. Nov. 10, 1960), American author

Sunday, November 11, 2018 / Veteran's Day

QOD:  Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.  ~  Fyodor Dostoyevesky (Nov. 11, 1821 ~ Feb. 9, 1881), Russian author

Wednesday, November 11, 2015 / Veteran's Day

QOD:  There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.  ~  Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Nov. 11, 1922 ~ Apr. 11, 2007), American author

Monday, November 11, 2013 / Veteran's Day

QOD:  Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.  ~  Kurt Vonnegut (Nov. 11, 1922 ~ Apr. 11, 2007), American writer

Friday, November 11, 2011

QOD: The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. ~ Carl Sandburg (Jan. 6, 1878 ~ July 22, 1967), American poet

Thursday, November 11, 2010 / Veteran's Day

QOD: We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~ Cynthia Ozick (née Cynthia Shoshana Ozick; b. April 17, 1928), American novelist