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.

Friday, 26 May 2017

Friday, May 26, 2017

QOD:  Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.  ~  Dorothea Lange (née Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn; May 26, 1895 ~ Oct. 11, 1965), American documentary photographer

Thursday, 25 May 2017

Thursday, May 25, 2017

QOD:  My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.  ~  Mike Myers (né Michael John Myers; b. May 25, 1963), Canadian actor and comedian

Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

QOD:  We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat.  They do not exist.  ~  Queen Victoria (May 24, 1819 ~ Jan. 22, 1901), Monarch of the United Kingdom

Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

QOD:  If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.  ~  Margaret Fuller (née Sarah Margaret Fuller; May 23, 2017 ~ June 19, 1850), American journalist and women's rights advocate

Monday, 22 May 2017

Monday, May 22, 2017

QOD:  Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.  ~  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (né Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle; May 22, 1859 ~ July 7, 1930), British writer and creator of Sherlock Holmes

Sunday, 9 April 2017

Sunday, April 9, 2017 / Palm Sunday

QOD:  I always say now that I’m in my blonde years because since the end of my marriage, all of my girlfriends have been blonde.  ~  Hugh Hefner (né Hugh Marston Hefner; b. Apr. 9, 1926), American publisher  [Hugh Hefner died on September 27, 2017 at age 91.]

Thursday, 6 April 2017

Thursday, April 6, 2017

QOD:  I am really driven, but my drive doesn’t affect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities.  ~  Zach Braff (né Zachary Israel Braff; b. Apr. 6, 1975), American actor