Monday, October 30, 3023

QOD:  It is better to scream.  Silence is the real crime against humanity.  ~  Nadezhda Mandelstam (née Nadezhda Yakovlevna Khazina; Oct. 30, 1899 ~ Dec. 29, 1980), Russian writer

Sunday, October 30, 2022

QOD:  Democracy has never been and never can be so durable as aristocracy or monarchy.  There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.  ~  John Adams (Oct. 30, 1735 ~ July 4, 1826), 2^nd President of the United States

 

Friday, October 30, 2020

QOD:  Our government must forever be a kind of war of about one half the people against the other.  ~  John Adams (Oct. 30, 1735 ~ July 4, 1826), 2^nd President of the United States

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

QOD:  Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.  ~  Paul Valéry (né Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry; Oct. 30, 1871 ~ July 20, 1945), French poet and philosopher

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

QOD:  Parenting is no sport for perfectionists.  ~  Andrew Solomon (b. Oct. 31, 1963), American journalist and writer

Monday, October 30, 2017

QOD:  When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.  ~  Ezra Pound (né Ezra Weston Loomis Pound; Oct. 30, 1885 ~ Nov. 1, 1972), American poet

Sunday, October 30, 2016

QOD:  The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.  ~  Ruth Gordon (né Ruth Gordon Jones; Oct. 30, 1896 ~ Aug. 28, 1985)

Friday, October 30, 2015

QOD:  I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.  ~  Ezra Pound (Oct. 30, 1885 ~ Nov. 1, 1972)

Thursday, October 30, 2014

QOD:  I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.  ~  Ezra Pound (Oct. 30, 1885 ~ Nov. 1, 1972)

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

QOD:  Either move or be moved.  ~  Ezra Pound (Oct. 30, 1885 ~ Nov. 1, 1972)

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

QOD:  Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.  It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.  ~  John Adams (October 30, 1735 ~ July 4, 1826)