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.

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

QOD:  The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.  ~  Douglas Adams (né Douglas Noel Adams; Mar. 11, 1952 ~ May 11, 2001), British author

Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

QOD:   Realize when you are “middle aged” you have a chance for a whole second career, another love, another life.  ~  Sharon Stone (née Sharon Yvonne Stone; b. Mar. 10, 1958), American actress

Monday, 9 March 2015

Monday, March 9, 2015

QOD:  Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.  ~  Leland Stanford (né Amasa Leland Stanford; Mar. 9, 1824 ~ June 21, 1893), American industrialist and politician

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Sunday, March 8, 2015

QOD:  Cyberspace can’t compensate for real space.  We benefit from chatting to people face to face.  ~  Jonathan Sacks (né Jonathan Henry Sacks; b. Mar. 8, 1948), Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth of England  [Jonathan Sacks died on November 7, 2020.]

Friday, 6 March 2015

Friday, March 6, 2015

QOD:  If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.  ~  Michelangelo Buonarroti (Mar. 6, 1475 ~ Mar. 18, 1564), Italian sculptor and artist