Things that Bansai left for us

[Toeprint]

"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. "
— Lao Tzu

kat
July 4, 2009, 5:43 pm
Like kittens?
bansaisequoia
August 31, 2009, 11:06 pm
Couldn't've said it better.

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"It may not be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong - but that is the way to bet."
— Damon Runyon

tabbyclaw
June 5, 2011, 3:57 am
There's an extra 'not' in here.
matarisa
September 29, 2011, 12:09 am
No, it needs to be there.
gryhnd51
January 7, 2012, 3:08 am
the original quote is from Ecclesiastes..to wit: "the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,etc" Mr Runyon is negating or denying the original quote, so there DOES need to be 2 "nots" in this quote.
montyb
July 7, 2012, 1:12 pm
Two "nots" make a "got"?
bansaisequoia
September 19, 2012, 2:04 pm
Actually, two knots make about 2.34 miles per hour on the water.

[Toeprint]

"It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes, because then your mistakes seem worthwhile."
— Garry Marshall

bansaisequoia
July 22, 2012, 4:45 pm
You mean like Fonzie jumping the shark?

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"Before men ever wrote in clay they cast their words in verse and line, rhythm-bound in poets' minds, defying time and age."
— Dave Beard

[Note: There was an error in the original quote which has seen been rectified.]

bansaisequoia
January 11, 2012, 2:54 am
rhythm-bound
universalmom
May 26, 2013, 2:11 am
Really! Is rythym (I can't even type that) an error or an archaic spelling?

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"An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots."
— Charles F. Kettering

bansaisequoia
February 8, 2012, 3:52 pm
kewl! As an inventor, if I have a 0.1% average, I'm in the Zone!

[Toeprint]

"A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage. "
— Sydney Smith

5.	bonszaisekoia	February 21, 2010	8 seconds
6.	bansaisequoia	April 12, 2011	8 seconds

12.

impededredwood

October 19, 2008

12 seconds

[Toeprint]

"Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year."
— Sparky Anderson

Queethebean
March 10, 2013, 7:25 pm
I wish my name was "Sparky".
bansaisequoia
August 4, 2013, 6:48 pm
I wish my name was Todd Blankenship.

[Toeprint]

"Grammar school never taught me anything about grammar."
— Isaac Goldberg

bansaisequoia
August 25, 2013, 4:06 am
Elementary school taught me about elements. I won't get into what high school taught me.

[Toeprint]

"I weep when I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to. You can't deny, such is the penalty of marriage. "
— Queen Victoria

bansaisequoia
March 24, 2011, 4:35 am
A young married man doomed to such a state is obviously free and happy-go-lucky. Obviously, women never cheat in marriage, and men should feel they are so blessed to be in such a union.

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"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. "
— Jawaharlal Nehru

bansaisequoia
October 19, 2010, 9:25 pm
But you will still be beat by an unworthy person who lucked out and was dealt a straight flush.

[Toeprint]

"It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this."
— Bertrand Russell

bansaisequoia
January 17, 2012, 8:05 pm
A rational creature which rationalizes its vagaries and whims.

[Toeprint]

"The individual choice of garnishment of a burger can be an important point to the consumer in this day when individualism is an increasingly important thing to people."
— Donald N. Smith

bansaisequoia
August 23, 2010, 4:05 pm
Garnishment? Do the burgers owe back taxes?

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"Man is emphatically a proselytizing creature. "
— Thomas Carlyle

bonsaisekuoia
February 25, 2010, 2:51 pm
Ah, quit preaching to me.

[Toeprint]

"The mantram becomes one's staff of life and carries one through every ordeal. Each repetition has a new meaning, carrying you nearer and nearer to God. "
— Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

bansaisequoia
January 10, 2012, 7:21 pm
If bread is also the staff of life, will it ever rain mantram from the heavens?

[Toeprint]

"Believe that each day that shines on you is your last. "
— Horace

bansaisequoia
October 24, 2009, 11:40 pm
Yeah, but you'll be overjoyed when you find out you're wrong.