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 6. Show all posts
Showing posts with label November 6. Show all posts

Monday, 6 November 2023

Monday, November 6, 2023

QOD:  Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.  ~  Zig Ziglar (né Hilary Hinton Ziglar; Nov. 6, 1926 ~ Nov. 28, 2012), American author and motivational speaker

Sunday, 6 November 2022

Sunday, November 6, 2022

QOD:  We stay who we are no matter how old we get.  ~  Sally Field (née Sally Margaret Field; b. Nov. 6, 1946), American actress

Friday, 6 November 2020

Friday, November 6, 2020

QOD:  Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.  ~  John Philip Sousa (Nov. 6, 1854 ~ Mar. 6, 1932), American musician and composer

Wednesday, 6 November 2019

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

QOD:  The curiosity of the human mind is essential if you want citizens who think rather than accept the first nonsense they come to.  ~  François Englert (né François Baron Englert; b. Nov. 6, 1932), Belgian theoretical physicist and recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics

Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 / Election Day

QOD:  There was nothing more important I could do than be supportive as a dad.  ~  Arne Duncan (né Arne Starkey Duncan; b. Nov. 6, 1964), 9th Secretary of the United States Department of Education

Monday, 6 November 2017

Monday, November 6, 2017

QOD:  There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an unresponsive audience.  ~  John Philip Sousa (Nov. 6, 1854 ~ Mar. 6, 1932), American composer

Friday, 6 November 2015

Friday, November 6, 2015

QOD:  I have always believed that 98% of a student’s progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.  ~  John Philip Sousa (Nov. 6, 1854 ~ March 9, 1932)

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Thursday, November 6, 2014

QOD:  My success is not due to any personal superiority over other people.  ~  John Philip Sousa (Nov. 6, 1854 ~ Mar. 6, 1932)

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

QOD:  Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense.  ~  Arne Duncan (né Arne Starkey Duncan; b. Nov. 6, 1964)

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 / Election Day

QOD:  Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.  ~  H.L. Mencken (né Henry Louis Mencken; Sept. 12, 1880 ~ Jan. 29, 1956), American journalist and cultural critic

Sunday, 6 November 2011

Sunday, November 6, 2011

QOD: The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it. ~ E. B. White (né Elwyn Brooks White; July 11, 1899 ~ Oct. 1, 1985), American author