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.

Thursday, 28 August 2014

Thursday, August 28, 2014

QOD: Correction does much, encouragement does more.  ~  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Aug. 28, 1749 ~ Mar, 22, 1832)

Wednesday, 27 August 2014

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

QOD:  One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.  ~ Man Ray (nĂ© Emmanuel Radnitzky; Aug. 27, 1890 ~ Nov. 18, 1976)

Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

QOD:   We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.  ~  Mother Teresa (Aug. 26, 1910 ~ Sept. 5, 1997)

Monday, 25 August 2014

Monday, August 25, 2014

QOD:  People tend to repeat the same quotes at me that I said when I was 23.  And of course, you say things then, and sometimes they’re ill-advised.  ~  Elvis Costello (nĂ© Declan Patrick MacManus; b. Aug. 25, 1954)

Sunday, 24 August 2014

Sunday, August 24, 2014

QOD:  I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.  ~  Jorge Luis Borges (Aug. 24, 1899 ~ June 14, 1986)