A watched pot never boils


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JOSH STERN
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EDWARD STEVENSON
The pot boils badly.
PERIANDER OF CORINTH
An unwatched pot boils immediately.
H. F. ELLIS
Enquire not what boils in another's pot.
THOMAS FULLER
Enquire not what boils in another's pot
THOMAS FULLER
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watche...
NICHOLSON BAKER
A temperate fire never boils the water.
ALVIN CONWAY
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've wa...
NICHOLSON BAKER
A pot clashes with its lid In someones hurried kitchen A telephone boils off the hook. Outside, a ca...
KATHY WALKER
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. (English Proverb.
UNKNOWN
Never too old to learn. -Latin proverb.
LATIN PROVERB
One woman never praises another. Estonian Proverb
ESTONIAN PROVERB
Fast bind, fast find-- A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead.
TOMMY CHONG
Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?
LEWIS CARROLL
Canada has never been a melting pot; more like a tossed salad.
ARNOLD EDINBOROUGH
You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Albert Einstein -Irish proverb.
IRISH PROVERB
I never watched 'Harper's Island.'
DAVE FOLEY
Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. English Proverb
ENGLISH PROVERB
Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. English Proverb
ENGLISH PROVERB
A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
A watched clock never tells the time
PROVERB
I'm excited. We've never had a pot of money to play with.
FRANK RODER
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS
I smoked some pot as a kid, but I just never did drugs.
TAYLOR DAYNE
It boils down to a shakedown.
CINDI CANARY
Mozart never watched Baby Mozart , and Einstein never watched Baby Einstein , ... We're subject to t...
SHIFRIN
Mozart never watched Baby Mozart , and Einstein never watched Baby Einstein . We're subject to the d...
DON SHIFRIN
It seems as if only now I really know who I am. My strengths, my weaknesses, my jealousies—it’s as...
KIRK DOUGLAS
DIE, n. The singular of "dice." We seldom hear the word, because there is a prohibitory proverb, "Ne...
AMBROSE BIERCE
Just keep stirring the pot, you never know what will come up.
LEE ATWATER
Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illu...
JOHN KEATS
We never do it easy. I just watched the clock tick and watched us get to the house.
JEFF LEBO
Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Proverb Don't look back, you can never look ba...
DON HENLEY
If they can't see them, they can't spear them, and that is what it boils down to.
RON BRUCH
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your li...
JOHN KEATS
A proverb is the child of experience.
ENGLISH PROVERB
To a boyling pot flies comes not. [To a boiling pot flies come not.]
GEORGE HERBERT
Day! Faster and more fast, O'er night's brim, day boils at last; Boils, pure gold, o'er ...
ROBERT BROWNING
You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a bald spot.
BEAU BRUMMEL
I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
ADAM DRIVER
Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
AFRICAN PROVERB
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
JOHN MORLEY
A proverb and a by-word among all people,
BIBLE
Yuyeh sesh. Despise your heart. Ni weh sesh. I have no heart.
LEIGH BARDUGO
Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage)
ELIZABETH GILBERT
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
In Shoshone, there's a saying. It's a long one, and it doesn't have an English equivalent, so bear w...
ROSE CHRISTO
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
OSCAR WILDE
When someone is counting out
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JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI
Honolulu is a melting pot.
BRUNO MARS
The funny thing is that I had never actually watched TV.
DAVE WILLIS
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER
A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb.
YUGOSLAV PROVERB
Nothing is as burdensome as a secret. French Proverb
FRENCH PROVERB
There is no proverb without a grain of truth
RUSSIAN PROVERB
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA
BBC Radio is a never-never land of broadcasting, a safe haven from commercial considerations, a hone...
MORLEY SAFER
GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US HE'S NEVER TOOK A SICK DAY !
MITCHELL GREEN
The proverb is something musty.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
I never read comics as a kid. I guess I was lazy and watched cartoons instead.
KIRSTEN DUNST
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
BIBLE
You may all go to pot.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
“S*** or get off the pot.”
MITCH HEDBERG
you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take...
PAULO COELHO
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
JOHN RUSSELL
That man's a fool whose sheep flees twice. - Oji proverb
AFRICAN PROVERBS
Hold a true friend with both hands. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
AFRICAN PROVERBS
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL (1)
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom
JOHN RUSSELL
I was really, because I thought it was extremely excruciating when I watched a tape of it, that my h...
JO BRAND
A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.
JOHN DRYDEN
A mob is the scum that rises utmost when the nation boils
JOHN DRYDEN
Digital music boils down the actual musical experience.
SIMON LE BON
The whole thing boils down to parental responsibility.
LARRY FISCHER
its just a little pot.
LORD MAYOR
I watched the ice hockey and never even glanced at the speed skating.
CHAD HEDRICK
I never watched them before. I'm definitely going to watch this event now.
CAITLIN MYERS
A gentleman is not a pot.
CONFUCIUS
Ever so welcome, wait for a call"
(West Indian proverb)
CHARMAINE J. FORDE
Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks. Russian proverb
RUSSIAN PROVERB
America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.
BARBARA MIKULSKI
I don't think this boils down to a 30-second spiel with anybody.
BRUCE JOSTEN
A mob is the scum that rises up most when the nation boils
JOHN DRYDEN
No rose without a thorn, or a love without a rival. Turkish Proverb
TURKISH PROVERB
Gratitude is the heart's memory. -French Proverb.
FRENCH PROVERB
It's a melting pot. There's so much talent here and such a large variety that you never see the same...
LARRY LANG
Screen work always boils down to that moment between the camera and the actor or the actors. It alwa...
ALFRED MOLINA
I encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot. I encouraged the Thai to help the Khmer Rouge. The ques...
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI
It all boils down to drivers being extra cautious.
WAYNE MINNAAR
May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. English Proverb
ENGLISH PROVERB
A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
JOHN RUSSELL
Italy, a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the proverb goes
ROBERT BURTON
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. English Proverb (17th century)
ENGLISH PROVERB
A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL
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