QOD: Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to
yourself your own errors. ~ Ludwig van Beethoven (Dec. 17, 1770 ~ March
26, 1827), German composer
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, 17 December 2012
Sunday, 16 December 2012
Sunday, December 16, 2012
QOD: Less is more. ~ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Mar. 27, 1886 ~ Aug. 17, 1969), German architect
Friday, 14 December 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
QOD: A Cannibal is a person who walks into a restaurant and orders a waiter. ~ Morey Amsterdam (né Moritz Amsterdam; Dec. 14, 1908 ~ Oct. 27, 1996), American actor and comedian
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
QOD: I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on
reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.
~ Heinrich Heine (né Christian Johann Heinrich Heine; Dec. 13, 1797
~ Feb. 17, 1856), German writer
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
QOD: Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who
cannot attain it in anything.
~ Gustave Flaubert
(December 12, 1821 ~ May 8, 1880), French novelist
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
QOD: How can you expect a man who’s warm to understand one who’s
cold? ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Dec. 11, 1918 ~ Aug. 3, 2008), Russian author and recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature
Monday, 10 December 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
QOD: Creativity is intelligence having fun. ~ Albert Einstein (Mar. 14, 1879 ~ Apr. 18, 1955), German-born theoretical physicist