Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Burns

The old farmer's rule is the sap you collected, you boil it that day.

Avery Johnson

They scored, we didn't (down the stretch). They got stops, we didn't. That's what it boils down to.

There really was no reason to drop him into a pot of boiling water when we can drop him in and warm it up gently. Guy will grab on to where we are and where we're going and what is needed quickly.

They present a big challenge for us, but it's not so much what they're going to do as what we do. Really, it just boils down to execution, staying on blocks, giving the runners a consistent chance to have lanes, and things like that. We have to finish blocks.

Benjamin Franklin

The busy man has few idle visitors, to the boiling pot, the flies come out.

Marcus Spears

If everybody does the right thing, then this kid should be eligible. That's what it really boils down to.

I'd say the winner of Thursday night's going to go (to the playoffs), and the loser's not. I'd say the season boils down to Thursday night.

I do think that there are gray lines of morality in a newsroom, when it comes to some stories. The best-intentioned journalist still has a difficult mission, to try to boil down people.

Even my daughter, who's 20, can't boil water.

We should have had it won by half-time, but at least this was an improvement on our last game. We went off, but managed to get back on the boil near the end and at least we got a point.

Lynn Fontanne

Warm the pot first, please, then put two heaping teaspoonfuls in the pot-no bags-in boiling water, and when it's in, stir it. And when it comes here, I will stir it again.

I've been coaching a long period of time (26 years) and I've never had someone hold a team to one field goal in a half. But Boiling Springs isn't that bad. It was one of those days where they couldn't get anything to go early.

The whole thing boils down to parental responsibility.

We missed (seven) throws for the game. They missed two. The game boils down to free throws, plain and simple.

There are seminars that can help couples figure out what type of 'spending' personalities they are. What it boils down to are lifestyle issues.

There's so many big plays that he's in the middle of. I think if you try to boil it down to how many points or assists he's averaging, you miss the point in how well he's played this season.

The trade deficit widened to a record in September, as expected. But it wasn't the oil story we were all looking for. Instead, it boils down to Boeing and Airbus, with the European firm holding the cards this time around,

I don't think this boils down to a 30-second spiel with anybody.

Joanna Lumley

I'm boiling about the rainforests being chopped down to make disposable chopsticks. I'm boiling about the fact that we have palm oil put into every single one of our substances.

If the world gets the idea that this is the end of Fed tightening, the stock market will probably like that and you will have higher stock averages. What it boils down to, in terms of the economy, is the standard of living for wage earners is significantly higher. For (George W.) Bush, he has to neutralize that and for (Al) Gore, he has to figure out how to capitalize on that.

If you put a frog in boiling water, it'll jump straight out. If you put it in cold water and gradually bring it to the boil, it'll sit right there until it dies. Scotland has been sitting in England's gradually boiling water for so long that many people are used to it.

I had to buy my own soap and starch. The clothes were so dirty I had to boil them before I could wash them.

It simply boils down to the fact that they got a hit when they needed it and we got a base-on-balls.

It's frustrating that I'm not helping score runs for the team. I had opportunities to score some guys tonight and I didn't do the job. That's what it boils down to.

John Nash

It's hard to project because we're so young, is what it boils down - and inexperienced. It's probably going to be a little rocky in the beginning, and hopefully we can generate some progress over the season.

It's not too hard to be the underdog. We'd love to be sitting on the top, but we're confident we can compete. It just boils down to us executing our game plan.

Malcolm Gladwell

It's the boiling point. It's the moment when the line starts to shoot straight upwards.

It's live and unrehearsed. There's no telling what could happen. Pots could boil over, things could flame a little. But I've been working in different kitchens for years, so I'm positive we'll have fun with it.

Don Kelly

It's more than just hot, it's boiling over in some areas.

It just boils down to the fact that there's only so much money in the pot.

Mario Cuomo

If you were Merlin and you had taken a young boy with a fragile build and dipped him into the cauldron of boiling juices from lizards' insides and produced a knight with the biggest, broadest sword ever seen, you wouldn't have a better miracle than Giuliani produced by 9-11,

In fact, that isn't smoke, it's steam. Once you have your sap, you boil it down for hours to make the syrup. When the sap is running, we boil all night. If you tramp into the woods to a sugar shack, by tradition, you are offered a taste.

Michelle Wie

I guess what it boils down to is that the women who are eligible to actually qualify have their own agenda, and trying to get to the 36-hole qualifying probably isn't very high on their list,