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 March 2019

Monday, March 11, 2019

QOD:  The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of everything he touches. ~  Antonin Scalia (né Antonin Gregory Scalia; Mar. 11, 1936 ~ Feb. 13, 2016)

Sunday, 10 March 2019

Sunday, March 10, 2019

QOD:  In a thousand years, archeologists will dig up tanning beds and think we fried people as punishment.  ~  Olivia Wilde (née Olivia Jane Cockburn; b. Mar. 10, 1984)

Friday, 8 March 2019

Friday, March 8, 2019

QOD:  Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.  ~  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (Mar. 8, 1841 ~ Mar. 6, 1935)

Thursday, 7 March 2019

Thursday, March 7, 2019

QOD:  Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.  ~  Maurice Ravel (né Joseph Maurice Ravel; Mar. 7, 1875 ~ Dec. 28, 1937)

Wednesday, 6 March 2019

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

QOD:  No snowflake in an avalanche ever fees responsible.  ~  Stanisław J. Lec (né Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Lec; Mar. 6, 1909 ~ May 7, 1966)

Tuesday, 5 March 2019

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

QOD:  A joke is a way to say, “I’m going to do something funny now.  If I don’t get a laugh at the end, I’m a failure.”  ~  Penn Jillette (né Penn Fraser Jillette; b. Mar. 5, 1955)

Monday, 4 March 2019

Monday, March 4, 2019

QOD:  I have always believed that when you’re feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.  ~  Patricia Heaton (b. Mar. 4, 1958)