Things that Bansai left for us

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"If you ever discover that what you're seeing is a play within a play, just slow down, take a deep breath, and hold on for the ride of your life."
— Jack Handey

bansaisequoia
September 11, 2009, 1:07 am
The Murder of Gonzago?

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"One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison. "
— Johann Friedrich von Schiller

bansaisequoia
May 23, 2009, 12:47 am
This is the man who wrote the text to Beethoven's Ninth-- the "Ode to Joy."

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"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. "
— Cato the Elder

bansaisequoia
August 18, 2009, 9:45 pm
I just want to cremated. I've urned it.
bansaisequoia
May 12, 2010, 12:25 am
I just want to be cremated. I've urned it.

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"I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission."
— Robert Burns

bansaisequoia
May 4, 2010, 2:43 am
If this isn't a misattribution, it still seems highly unlikely that this was uttered by the Scottish bard of "Auld Lang Syne" fame. Is there another Robert Burns?

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"Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences."
— Freeman John Dyson

bansaisequoia
June 13, 2009, 11:45 pm
It's good to see a quote by this visionary on this site. We need to see more quotes by scientists. Why hasn't Stephen Hawking been included?

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"It is a commonplace that the history of civilization is largely the history of weapons."
— George Orwell

bansaisequoia
September 6, 2009, 10:59 pm
The Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age...
bansaisequoia
January 22, 2011, 1:56 pm
And we won't even mention the Atomic Age.
abra
April 16, 2012, 10:58 pm
I don't think I've seen "commonplace" used this way before.
bansaisequoia
September 23, 2012, 4:43 am
The dictionary lists commonplace as both adjective and noun. Works for me. (link)

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"Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories for the purpose of experimentation. "
— Orson Welles


bansaisequoia
June 27, 2009, 10:54 pm
Well, tell that to Industrial Light & Magic. (link) [Note: The site is no longer available.]
contessawin22
February 26, 2021, 10:47 pm
I clicked on the link. All of the info was very current. The content must have been totally different when bansai posted his comment.

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"I know that you think you know what I said. But I'm not sure whether you understood that what you heard is what I meant."
— Alan Greenspan

sash14
May 27, 2010, 10:08 pm
if 244 seconds is slow, you guys must all be geniuses
bansaisequoia
September 3, 2010, 8:28 pm
Negative. I am a meat popsicle. (Bruce Willis)

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"If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul."
— Khalil Gibran

bansaisequoia
July 6, 2010, 1:26 am
If Jesus was the son of God, then the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus would be God's Great-Grandfather. You don't have to be a genealogist or a genius to figure this out.

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"I'm not such a dictator that I would shut down Facebook. I'll merely imprison anyone who logs into it."
— Muammar al-Gaddafi

bansaisequoia
April 28, 2012, 7:25 pm
Do dictators refer to themselves as dictators?
bansaisequoia
June 9, 2013, 4:37 am
Maybe this was really said by Mark Zuckerberg.

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"It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching."
— Saint Francis of Assisi

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bansaisequoia

July 11, 2011

12 seconds

zengard
May 12, 2021, 2:00 pm
Wow, bansaisequoia's record here has held for just short of 10 years.
Eureka
September 3, 2021, 1:06 pm
It's nice to see such a long record still being held by bansai.

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"The resounding echo of the mortal coil, echoes in the ears of those who are unprepared for it. To some, it sounds like a symphony - to others, a death toll."
— George Whelton

Queethebean
August 11, 2012, 7:33 pm
I played the mortal coil in high school marching band.
bansaisequoia
November 2, 2012, 3:25 pm
I played the death toll in the jazz ensemble.

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"The thing to remember is that the future comes one day at a time."
— Dean Acheson

mmfs83
January 5, 2017, 3:12 am
On a previous quote,the last one, someone commented om bansaisequoia's authenticity. I commented that I thought there were three. I just checked the members list, and there are actually 12-13 or so, all with the same type of profile. He/she is obviously very good, and having fun putting us on.
Spellbinder44
November 14, 2017, 10:49 pm
That kind of cloning is sad. BansaiSequoia is such a unique, well- thought -out username . Oxymoron and all.
susanith
November 27, 2017, 6:32 am
Ah, the great are always under attack.
abra
October 27, 2018, 2:55 pm
I don't think anyone has heisted bansai's name except bansai himself. Probably all, but at least most of them are Bansai. Years ago I thought maybe bansaisequoia and bonsaisequoia were an item.

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"Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help. "
— George Macdonald

bansaisequoia
August 16, 2009, 12:38 am
Whenever there was a call for help, Shoeshine Boy became in real life---Underdog!

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"They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night. "
— Joseph Joubert

silveryaspen
June 20, 2009, 10:20 pm
referring to leaders ... perhaps?
bansaisequoia
June 20, 2010, 5:39 pm
As per the following webpage, Joubert is referring to maxims. (link)
kb83
August 27, 2018, 7:39 am
thanks bansai long ago.