Things that Bansai left for us

[Toeprint]

"Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred."
— W. N. Taylor

bansaisequoia
May 9, 2012, 7:02 pm
Apparently, the term "nooner" is unfamiliar to W.N. Taylor.

[Toeprint]

"If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy."
— Jack Handey

Lurker
July 6, 2010, 8:50 pm
I forget, what's the Sears Tower called now? It has a new name.
bansaisequoia
July 17, 2010, 4:58 pm
Willis Tower

[Toeprint]

"I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me."
— Leontyne Price

PianoManGidley
January 21, 2011, 2:13 pm
Maybe it's just because there's no context and I have no idea who this person is or was...but this just sounds like a completely arrogant statement.
bansaisequoia
April 2, 2011, 11:57 pm
Leontyne Price is a noted soprano.

[Toeprint]

"I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me. "
— Somerset Maugham

snoozy
July 16, 2009, 4:07 pm
Half your luck.
bansaisequoia
January 18, 2010, 9:19 pm
Wish I had that kinda scratch.

[Toeprint]

"A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary."
— Dorothy C. Fisher

bansaisequoia
August 16, 2009, 4:44 pm
Lean on me when you're not strong, and I'll be friend. I'll help you carry on.

[Toeprint]

"A life of pleasure is, therefore, the most unpleasing life."
— James Goldsmith

bansaisequoia
August 6, 2013, 12:38 am
This seems especially insipid when said by a billionaire. If Gandhi or Mother Teresa had said it, okay, it might have a little meaning. If the life of pleasure is so meaningless, why didn't the billionaire give away all his money to help the downtrodden? Pleasure is unpleasing?

[xenia]

"My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?"
— Charles M. Schulz

maradnu
May 23, 2009, 1:16 am
Maybe it is because your life has no direction, etc that you are happy.

bansaisequoia
September 4, 2009, 11:55 pm
Because you were filthy rich and didn't have a care in the world. (link)

bansaisequoia
March 9, 2010, 12:01 pm
"I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive."--Henry Miller

[Toeprint]

"Gun control is not a loss of freedom. It's a measure to protect it."
— James Brady

bansaisequoia
September 20, 2009, 11:50 pm
(link) This Washington Post article shows that the US has far more lax gun control than most nations. But take a look at this web page to see which nation has the highest crime rate. Obviously, loosening restrictions on possession of firearms does not decrease crime rate. (link)
opallady
June 16, 2010, 6:42 pm
According to FBI statistics every state that has passed laws to allow for carrying of concealed handguns by licensed individuals has seen a drop in its crime rate.
bansaisequoia
July 11, 2010, 4:03 pm
I showed my URL. Where's yours?
opallady
September 10, 2010, 11:07 pm
(link), (link), (link). [Note: The links are not working, and there are no archived captures of the pages.]

[Toeprint]

"The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age."
— Lucille Ball

bansaisequoia
April 18, 2010, 4:10 pm
Live honestly and lie about your age? Is that possible?

[Toeprint]

bansaisequoia
May 30, 2009, 9:29 pm
If Ovid were alive today, would he frequent this site more than any of us?

[Toeprint]

"The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain. "
— John F. Kennedy

bansaisequoia
January 16, 2010, 10:23 pm
If nothing is certain, the validity of this statement is brought into question.

[Toeprint]

"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
— Georg Hegel

bansaisequoia
January 12, 2010, 11:03 pm
But if we learn that from history, then we've learned from history. Everything I say is a lie.

[Toeprint]

"The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name."
— Tao Te Ching

bansaisequoia
October 3, 2012, 4:23 pm
In the China, when they watch their dubbed version of The Simpsons, Homer is heard to exclaim, "T'ao!"

[Toeprint]

"An intellectual is someone who can listen to the "William Tell Overture" without thinking of the Lone Ranger."
— John Chesson

bansaisequoia
March 8, 2012, 7:35 pm
What if you think of "A Clockwork Orange" instead?

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"An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger."
— Dan Rather

bansaisequoia
January 19, 2010, 7:43 pm
I'm more likely to think of "A Clockwork Orange."
bansaisequoia
May 6, 2010, 6:07 am
I can listen to "Flight of the Bumblebee" and not think of the Green Hornet.

[Toeprint]

"Men! The only animal in the world to fear."
— D.H. Lawrence

bansaisequoia
May 19, 2013, 4:29 am
I've never seen rouge elephants, but sometimes I see pink elephants. And I could swear I saw a singing purple dinosaur on TV.