Things that Bansai left for us

[RedEnoch]

Nice tribute, intended or no.
We miss you, Joe.
MY MA ONLY MY MA

[Toeprint]

"There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work. "
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

bansaisequoia
May 1, 2010, 5:35 pm
Only a slacker would know.

[Toeprint]

"I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms. "
— Voltaire

bonsaisequoia
July 28, 2009, 5:09 pm
Is that anatomically possible?
pootie49
July 20, 2011, 1:41 pm
You would have to be very bendy.

[Toeprint]

"If you wouldst live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life."
— Benjamin Franklin

bansaisequoia
September 9, 2009, 10:36 pm
I seldom give a confusing rating, but, "If you wouldn't live long," and, "folly and wickedness shorten life," then you would most zealously pursue folly and wickedness. It's almost like Benny the Frank is saying, "Live fast; die young; leave a good looking corpse."
marnita
August 8, 2014, 4:23 pm
The quote should be "wouldst," not "wouldn't." The latter makes no sense.

[Toeprint]

"Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. "
— Samuel Butler

bansaisequoia
March 11, 2010, 10:28 pm
Hm? Did you say something?

[Toeprint]

"It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners."
— Howard Zinn

bansaisequoia
September 20, 2009, 11:33 pm
I wish I got a paycheck for not being on the side of the executioners. It could easily be a work-at-home job, so I'd never have to deal with a long commute or office politics. Where can I sign up?

[Toeprint]

"My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it. "
— Arnold Schwarzenegger

pootie49
April 27, 2009, 10:41 pm
Say what??
bansaisequoia
February 2, 2010, 5:51 pm
Surely, even the Governator must sometimes peruse a menu and dilberate over his choice for lunch.

[Toeprint]

"Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen - depart, be lost, but climb."
— Edna St. Vincent Millay

bansaisequoia
March 6, 2010, 7:20 pm
You've never eaten ether?

[Toeprint]

"It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put on the troubled seas of thought. "
— John Kenneth Galbraith

maradnu
March 5, 2009, 12:57 am
That explains several of his books.
bansaisequoia
September 25, 2009, 2:00 am
You feel his books on economics are nonsense?
maradnu
June 25, 2012, 12:52 am
I was an econ major and am a liberal - mostly just being facetious.
maradnu
June 27, 2017, 2:30 pm
Economics is an outgrowth of sociology and psychology applied to matters of commerce. Given a certain set of economic rules, it can at least make an attempt to predict an outcome. It tends to inaccuracy, because it deals best with large numbers of people and powerful individuals can skew outcomes, as can natural events. For instance the financial penalties imposed on Germany after the first world war, set the stage for the second. Those penalties in economic terms, impoverished Germany and set it on a path of seeking revenge.

[Toeprint]

"A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face. "
— Juvenal

maradnu
April 10, 2009, 8:17 pm
And get beaten or shot, instead of robbed.
bansaisequoia
May 23, 2009, 7:25 pm
Your comment was very Juvenal!

[Toeprint]

"I'm against a homogenized society, because I want the cream to rise."
— Robert Frost

bansaisequoia
October 2, 2013, 5:15 pm
I'm for a homogenized society, because too many chunks rise to the top.

[Toeprint]

"The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end. "
— Benjamin Disraeli

bansaisequoia
January 12, 2010, 11:00 pm
Undoubtedly should be "ever," not "never."
montyb
June 25, 2012, 5:43 pm
The real quote is, "The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can EVER end." (emphasis mine). It is from his book "Henrietta Temple" (1837). (link)

[Toeprint]

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."
— Ellen Parr

jewelby
March 11, 2009, 8:15 pm
Don't count my time, I got a phone call in the middle.
LiveLoveLaugh
April 25, 2010, 9:40 pm
I just let the phone ring
bansaisequoia
April 5, 2012, 7:03 pm
So, you didn't answer the phone and just left your curiosity unassuaged? I guess you need to ride out curiosity like the common cold.

[Toeprint]

"The idle always have a mind to do something. "
— Marquis de Vauvenargues

montyb
August 19, 2012, 11:10 pm
Why, I've half a mind to write some pithy comment.
bansaisequoia
October 1, 2012, 6:19 pm
Why, I have half a mind to punch him in the mouth. If I knew his address. If I had a time machine. If there wasn't a cramp in my wrist.

[Toeprint]

"The so-called method of co-education is false in theory and harmful to Christian training."
— Pope Pius XI

bansaisequoia
June 30, 2013, 5:50 pm
I will self-flagellate to atone for my impure thoughts.