Famous Quotes & Sayings

Zach Duke

For me, this game boils down to the first inning. I walk a guy and make one mistake. He's going to hit that pitch.

Charles Lee

I think it boils down to the fact that Montgomery has become a private school town. The enrollment of the public schools is down drastically from where it was six or seven years ago. You have fewer players out. I think one of the strengths is we had a lot of players to draw from and we always had a lot of depth.

It boils down to they?re taking our freedom away. I don?t ever think it can be wide open again, but this is ridiculous.

It boils down to primary use. That was the essential factor (the county attorney) told me and the board.

Willie Randolph

It boils down to how the guys play for you. That's the most important thing for me. I've done a good job getting my team ready to play every day. That is, as a manager, all you can do. The other stuff you can poke holes in. The main thing is I've learned a lot about the game.

Bob Schmidt

It boils down to education, and what better place to start than young adults? They have more of a virgin mind-set to the process and no preconceived notions.

It boils down to a handful of parents and teachers doing all the work ... a resource better used in the classroom than fundraising to go to Disneyland.

It boils down largely to limited resources for a department our size.

I think it's all going to boil down to who you think, Martha, is going to fit in.

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

Alice Waters

Hard-boiled eggs are wonderful when they're really done right. I bring the water to a boil, and then I put in the eggs. And then I boil them for - well, it depends on the size of the egg - maybe eight minutes.

We're talking about complicated transactions here, so the prosecution's challenge is to boil it down to simple fraud. Essentially, what they're saying is that this is about misleading and deception.

We are examining a number of possible explanations for the pressure increase. Loss of control of the reaction leading to excessive heating and boiling of the flammable solvents is a likely cause.

There are a number of question marks going forward ? and it really boils down to what happens in the U.S.. We have a number of contingency plans.

Jim Furyk

We had to go through off of this just to be tied. It all boils down to tomorrow.

Lindsey Graham

What's changed? It's not the quality of the nominees, it's the qualities of the process. I really do worry that we're going to take the Supreme Court nomination process and boil it down to abortion. That won't be good for the country.

We find that it is people who cannot boil an egg that are most successful because they build an instant rapport with customers.

Jimmy Johnson

With 'Survivor' - I didn't get any sleep, there was no food, we had to boil our water... plus, it was physically taxing during the day. That's what made it more difficult than three-a-day practices.

Jeremy Lin

I think I've always been a player who's done better in the second half, who's done better in the fourth quarter. That's the fun time to play, when everything you've worked for the whole game boils down to those last few possessions.

You may call it push, being daring... what it boils down to is passion. Running your own business is all-consuming; both partners need to be driven by the same goal.

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.

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

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'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.

Ben Shapiro

Capitalism invariably boils down to barter between two willing parties, neither of whom uses force to work with the other.

Bill Frist

boil that can never be cured as long as it's covered up.

We're trying to share information and show people the things they can be doing. We want to show people how to take control of their life and take control of finances today and into the future. The bottom line when it boils down is that the only one to take care of you is yourself.

When you boil down the real facts and statistics of what carbon dioxide is doing to this planet... to not feel like you have to do something... I don't think you're human.

Jeff Lemire

When I write Superboy and other DC characters, it's about boiling them down to core concepts.

Graydon Carter

Issues such as transparency often boil down to which side of - pick a number - 40 you're on. Under 40, and transparency is generally considered a good thing for society. Over 40, and one generally chooses privacy over transparency. On every side of this issue, hypocrisy abounds.