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, 19 March 2012

Monday, March 19, 2012

QOD:  To try to be better is to be better.  ~  Charlotte Cushman (née Charlotte Saunders Cushman; July 23, 1816 ~ Feb. 18, 1876), American stage actress

Sunday, 18 March 2012

Sunday, March 18, 2012

QOD:  Conceit may puff a man up, but can never prop him up.  ~  John Ruskin (Feb. 8, 1819 ~ Jan. 20, 1900)

Friday, 16 March 2012

Friday, March 16, 2012

QOD:  Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.  ~  George Santayana (Dec. 16, 1863 ~ Sept. 26, 1952)

Thursday, 15 March 2012

Thursday, March 15, 2012 / Ides of March

QOD:  My mother told me to be a lady.  And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.  ~  Ruth Badar Ginsburg (b. Mar. 15, 1933)

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

QOD:  Vanity is a mortgage that must be deducted from the value of the man.  ~  Otto von Bismarck (Apr. 1, 1815 ~ July 30, 1898)

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

QOD:  The four most important words in politics are "up to a point."  ~  George Will (né George Frederick Will; b. May 4, 1941)

Monday, 12 March 2012

Monday, March 12, 2012

QOD:  A smile is the shortest distance between two people.  ~  Victor Borge (Jan. 3, 1909 ~ Dec. 23, 2000)