Things that Bansai left for us

[Toeprint]

"Clowns wear a face that's painted intentionally on them so they appear to be happy or sad. What kind of mask are you wearing today? "
— Unattributed

bansaisequoia
February 29, 2012, 5:14 pm
"You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little screwed up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to freakin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?"--paraphrase of Jose Pesci

[Toeprint]

"Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress. "
— George Eliot

Aquawoman
March 25, 2009, 6:10 pm
how did bansaisequoia solve this in 25 seconds?
bansaisequoia
January 10, 2010, 7:13 pm
By going slower than MSM.

[Toeprint]

"Listen to your heart, because in the end it is your heart that matters."
— Jennifer Tyler

bansaisequoia
September 25, 2012, 7:32 pm
My heart says, "Meow thump."

[Toeprint]

"Conversation is the slowest form of human communication."
— Unattributed

bansaisequoia
May 30, 2012, 7:48 pm
I think semaphore, smoke signals and Pictionary are probably a little slower.
blueladyblue
July 17, 2019, 6:29 pm
I prefer mental telepathy myself.
kahvecowgirl
August 19, 2019, 3:03 pm
Really? What about leaving comments on a thread that you only get back to randomly--maybe in year or so, or maybe never--to find out how people responded to what you said?
abra
November 14, 2019, 5:47 pm
kahvecowgirl is definitely the winner. When I first came to this site, it always made me think of putting a message in a bottle.

[Toeprint]

"A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it."
— George S. Patton


gryhnd51
December 12, 2012, 4:44 am
Aren't the Senators and Congressmen "supposed" to be civil servants?
bansaisequoia
March 22, 2013, 8:37 pm
No, they're uncivil serpents.

[Toeprint]

"More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones. "
— Mother Teresa

silveryaspen
April 4, 2009, 7:28 pm
does this imply that God says no often?
bansaisequoia
June 29, 2009, 12:10 am
She seems to imply that more tears of joy are shed than tears of sorrow.

[Toeprint]

"Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast."
— Epictetus

bansaisequoia
August 20, 2010, 8:45 pm
You're preaching to the choir, Epictetus.

[Toeprint]

"There is incredible value in being of service to others."
— Elizabeth Berg

bansaisequoia
March 19, 2009, 10:12 pm
You heard the lady. So who's going to help me out???
cindidido
November 28, 2013, 3:40 am
LOL bansaisequoia! You routinely have the fastest times - you should be helping us out!
universalmom
February 27, 2015, 5:08 am
Hahaha Futurama is on right now, and I heard bansai's comment in Bender's voice
maradnu
February 17, 2021, 1:35 am
Sadly bansai is now beyond all our help.

[Toeprint]

"Information can be treated like any other quantity and be subjected to the manipulation of a machine."
— Stan Aogartem

bansaisequoia
April 30, 2010, 2:20 am
This quote was actually said by information theory pioneer, Claude Shannon. If he were alive, he could probably tell us why there are so many misattributed quotes on the internet.
bansaisequoia
July 4, 2010, 7:03 pm
It's Claude Shannon. I have proof in the following URL, which contains the text of an actual meatworld book. (link)

[Toeprint]

"Remember: the average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top. "
— Unattributed

bansaisequoia
September 9, 2009, 10:30 pm
Now mediocre people can feel good about themselves! Or not.

[Toeprint]

"You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try."
— Homer Simpson

bansaisequoia
March 25, 2010, 2:00 am
Woot! Woot! A quote from my favourite TV show!

[Toeprint]

"If we shall take the good we find, asking no questions, we shall have heaping measures."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

bansaisequoia
October 19, 2011, 3:21 pm
Like a heaping tablespoon of turmeric?

[Toeprint]

"It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. "
— Theodore Roosevelt

bonzaisequaio
February 19, 2010, 8:52 pm
Is that how Paris Hilton acquired her wealth?

8.

bonsaisequoia

February 1, 2010

13 seconds

20.

bansaisequoia

October 16, 2012

19 seconds

[Toeprint]

"A good swordsman is not given to quarrel. "
— Proverb

bansaisequoia
October 5, 2012, 10:58 pm
Especially if he brings a sword to a gunfight.

[Toeprint]

"I think the key is for women not to set any limits. "
— Martina Navratilova

bansaisequoia
May 20, 2010, 1:15 am
Me too!