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.

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

QOD:  Tradition is tending the flame; it's not worshiping the ashes.  ~  Gustav Mahler (July 7, 1860 ~ May 18, 1911)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Monday, April 23, 2012

QOD:  Some say our national pastime is baseball.  Not me.  It's gossip.  ~  Erma Bombeck (née Erma Louise Fiste; Feb. 21, 1922 ~ Apr. 22, 1996)

Sunday, 22 April 2012

Sunday, April 22, 2012

QOD:  Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.  ~  John Kenneth Galbraith (Oct. 15, 1908 ~ Apr. 29, 2006)

Friday, 20 April 2012

Friday, April 20, 2012

QOD:  Ugliness is in a way superior too beauty because it lasts longer.  ~  Serge Gainsbourg (Apr. 2, 1926 ~ Mar. 2, 1991)

Thursday, 19 April 2012

Thursday, April 19, 2012

QOD:  There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.  ~  Charles Dickens (Feb. 7, 1812 ~ June 9, 1870)

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

QOD:  A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?  ~  Albert Einstein (Mar. 14, 1879 ~ Apr. 18, 1955)


Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

QOD:  Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.  ~  Mark Twain (né Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Nov. 30, 1835 ~ Apr. 21, 1910)