Spuds Quotes & Sayings

By the end of summer, this trolley will be bursting with spuds. Like nature's own supermarket. — Lili Wilkinson

but I want you to put him down. — Plato

Ignorance is not linear, it's exponential. — Spuds Crawford

I must be very complex, judging by the number of days determined to define me. — Spuds Crawford

...We are truly human when we live for a purpose far above ourselves; but most people prefer to identify with an entity for the sake of belonging; thereby subjecting themselves to the spirit of collective selfishness that is only found in groups... — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Part of Creator occupies outer part of universe. — Toba Beta

At the front window was something that looked like a machine gun with a cluster of barrels. "Rocket launcher?" he wondered aloud.
"Nope, nope! Potatoes. Ella doesn't like potatoes."
"Ella! Where are the others?"
"Roof. Ogre-watching. Ella doesn't like ogres. Potatoes."
Potatoes? Frank didn't understand until he swiveled the machine gun around. Its eight barrels were loaded with spuds. At the base of the gun, a basket was filled with more edible ammunition ...
"They have cannonballs," Frank said, "and we have a potato gun."
"Starch," Ella said thoughtfully. "Starch is bad for ogres. — Rick Riordan

I've never considered the possibility of defeat. I've never planned for it. That's the job for those people who plan for such things. My job is to only plan for success ... victory; it has my complete focus. — Spuds Crawford

He asked me if I ever prayed
and I lied.
Then he asked me if I ever got an answer, or a sign that my prayer was heard
and I told him the truth.
"Yeah ... me neither."
His hands sounded like leather as he slowly rubbed some warmth into his knotted knuckles.
"So what happens to all of those lost prayers?"
I didn't know if I should tell him the truth of what I really believed ... or not.
I put my hand on his slumping shoulder, smiled and told him the truth of what I believe, "Don't worry ... — Spuds Crawford

I thought 'I can't be an actor, I can't'. Then this film came up and it was like someone saying to me, 'You can, don't give up'. — Keisha Castle-Hughes

When you argue with someone, you always argue at the level of the person with the lowest level of intelligence. You never argue up. — Spuds Crawford

Just smashing for a girl's confidence, that was. Nothing like having a bloke's attention wander when you were doing your best to divert him. — Kady Cross

So why do people keep on watching? The answer, by now, should be perfectly obvious: we love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist. In fact, deep in their hearts, this is what the spuds crave most: a rich, new, participatory life. — Barbara Ehrenreich

We don't want to change, We want to be changed. The result is never fast enough for our desire. That is the rule of fashion. — C. Sean McGee

Boil potatoes before peeling If you love mashed potatoes like I do, but hate peeling spuds, then don't. Try this little trick instead. Rinse the potatoes but don't peel. Boil them the appropriate time, and when they are done, drain the whole potatoes and put them into a bath of ice water. The peel will come right off, grab potato with both hands and twist. Watch the peel slip right off like magic. — Christina Jones

Science and discovery, especially in the field of non-abnormal pediatric mysteries, is built on the work of those who have been sneezed on before us. Causation and rationale may someday be reached, but until then it is the heartwarming and parental nature of the journey that drives us on; well, that and a fresh box of Kleenex. — Spuds Crawford

There is enough oil out there for world demand. It is true that a lot of what's driving oil prices up right now is not the lack of supply. There's enough supply. — Barack Obama

If you expect me to read your mind you're going to have to think more clearly. — Spuds Crawford

I think being vulnerable paves the way for humility. — Jonathan Sadowski

Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status as a Test player. By the time I finish, I want to play at least 80 Tests and be known for my achievements in Tests. — Suresh Raina

I teach my sons that there are really only three rules to being a good man. The first rule is to fish often. And by fish, I mean find the quiet times to fish around in your minds for what is most important. The second rule is to protect everyone smaller than them. This means physically smaller, and in all other ways ... protect the more vulnerable. The third rule states that if something is truly important to you, then you should prove it. You say you would lay your life down for someone, but will you give them the busiest five minutes of your day, if they need it? — Spuds Crawford

As a young father it's important to remember that, when you're at the beach, there's a BIG difference between telling your five year old son to just go pee in the ocean and telling him to get in the water at least waist deep and then pee in the ocean. — Spuds Crawford

like slicing bread, thick-skinned tomatoes and so on - but on your full line of vegetables, spuds, meat and even fish. My sous-chef uses his for just about everything. F. Dick makes a good one for about twenty-five bucks. — Anthony Bourdain

A dam doesn't try to reason with the water. Its main purpose is to hold it still for a while. When I lecture my kids I'm doing much the same thing. I'm not trying to necessarily reason with them, just hold them still for a short while. — Spuds Crawford