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.

Monday, 23 May 2011

Monday, May 23, 2011

QOD: A great mind is one that can forget or look beyond itself. ~ William Hazlitt (Apr. 10, 1778 ~ Sept. 18, 1830), British essayist

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Sunday, May 22, 2011

QOD: Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive, and irrational ~ but how much does it cost you to knock on wood? ~ Judith Viorst (b. Feb. 2, 1931)

Friday, 20 May 2011

Friday May 20, 2011

QOD: Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests. ~ Thornton Wilder (né Thornton Niven Wilder; Apr. 17, 1897 ~ Dec. 7, 1975)

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Thursday, May 19, 2011

QOD: In politics stupidity is not a handicap. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte I (né Napoleon Bonaparte; Aug. 15, 1769 ~ May 5, 1821)

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

QOD: Alcohol is a very necessary element. It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning. ~ Geroge Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 ~ Nov. 2, 1950)

Monday, 16 May 2011

Monday, May 16, 2011

QOD: An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh. ~ Will Rogers (né William Penn Adair Rogers; Nov. 4, 1879 ~ Aug. 15, 1935)