Thursday, January 7, 2015

QOD:  Research is formalized curiosity.  It is poking and prying with a purpose.  ~  Zora Neale Hurston (Jan. 7, 1891 ~ Jan. 28, 1960), African-American author

Wednesday, January 6, 2015

QOD:  The older you get, the more you realize how happenstance … has helped to determine your path through life.  ~  Rowan Atkinson (né Rowan Sebastian Atkinson; b. Jan. 6, 1955), British actor

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

QOD:  Today, political events are nullified unless they’re on TV.  ~  Umberto Eco (b. Jan. 5, 1932), Italian author  [Umberto Eco died on February 19, 2016]

Monday, January 4, 2016

QOD:  I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.  ~  Everett Dirksen (né Everett McKinley Dirksen; Jan. 4, 1896 ~ Sept. 7, 1969); United States Senator from Illinois

Sunday, January 3, 2016

QOD:  If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.  ~  J.R.R. Tolkien (né John Ronald Reuel Tolkien; Jan. 3, 1892 ~ Sept. 2, 1973), English writer

Friday, January 1, 2016 / New Year's Day

QOD:  No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.  ~  J. Edgar Hoover (né John Edgar Hoover; Jan. 1, 1895 ~ May 2, 1972), First Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation