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, 11 February 2013

Monday, February 11, 2013

QOD:  I have not failed.  I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.  ~  Thomas Edison (né Thomas Alva Edison; Feb. 11, 1847 ~ Oct. 18, 1931), American inventor

Sunday, 10 February 2013

Sunday, February 10, 2013

QOD:  What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?  ~  Bertolt Brecht (né Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht; Feb. 10, 1898 ~ Aug. 14, 1956), German playwright

Friday, 8 February 2013

Friday, February 8, 2013

QOD:  I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.  If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.  ~  William Tecumseh Sherman (Feb. 8, 1820 ~ Feb. 14, 1891), United States General

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Thursday, February 7, 2013

QOD:  Cats have a scam going ~ you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.  ~  Eddie Izzard (né Edward John Izzard; b. Feb. 7, 1962), American comedian


Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

QOD:  How many husbands have I had?  You mean apart from my own?  ~  Zsa Zsa Gabor (b. Feb. 6, 1917), Hungarian-born actress and socialite  [Zsa Zsa Gabor died on December 18, 2016 at age 99.]

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

QOD:  A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.  ~  Adlai E. Stevenson (Feb. 5, 1900 ~ July 14, 1965), American politician and diplomat

Monday, 4 February 2013

Monday, February 4, 2013

QOD:  What a waste it is to lose one’s mind.  Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.  ~  Dan Quayle (né James Danforth Quayle; b. Feb. 4, 1947), 44th Vice President of the United States