Maple Quotations

If you look around world, the great brands are Real Madrid, Manchester United. The Yankees, the Cowboys and the Lakers are there. We should aspire with the Maple Leafs to be there.

Sugaring season is the season when you tap the trees for sugar that turns into maple syrup. I've married someone from Vermont, so it's an expression I kept hearing, and I'm like, 'What is that? That's just so beautiful.' I like the idea it's the very, very first murmurings of spring.

I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.

If it's not 100 per cent pure maple syrup, it can't be called 'pure maple syrup.

I'm not from a maple producing area and so my maple syrup credentials are very much of the eating side.

Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of permanent October.

I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off.

Nobody knows how many years Native Americans made maple sugar before teaching to the white man. Everyone's got their little theories. The story I heard was there was a day when the sap was running and some fell into the cook pot.

We had a white cake with a pink Canadian maple leaf in the middle of the cake.

He is very proud of all of the maple producers who are contributing to the operation that we hope might, one day, eliminate fake syrup all throughout the world.

Century-old records are the closest thing we have to a time machine. To listen to the voice of Theodore Roosevelt or the piano playing of Claude Debussy is to feel the years falling away like autumn leaves from a maple tree.

Having said that, I'm glad to be back. I wanted to be a Maple Leaf and it seems they wanted me.

He's going to have to get a Maple Leaf tattoo to play on that team.

Maple is in high demand for furniture and cabinets, and walnut and cherry bring a high price because it's hard to find in quantity and quality.

Maple syrup can help you lose weight -- if you eat nothing else and don't have too much! Otherwise, I agree that the whole idea is a little ridiculous.

Maple was a 1 1 / 2 -lane dirt road when we first came out here. Nobody could have guessed how much Amherst would grow.

Our region is tough. We're going with the same lineup to give our players a lot of at bats. Right now, we're sore. We've played a lot of games with a little rest. Our pitchers are doing just enough and Maple Woods is a good team.

I think the contents of the encyclopedia will offer surprises to even a born-and-bred New Englander. New England is much more than the traditional taciturn Yankees, town meetings, and maple syrup. It is an important region not only for its past, but the present and the future.

I think there's going to be a lot of maple syrup in Vancouver. Look at where we were in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and look at where we are right now. If we keep improving like that over the next four years, it's got medal written all over it.

Our goal as a team was to win the sectional, and it's even sweeter since we tied Maple Heights earlier this season. In the finals, some guys wrestled well and some didn't. But we had some tough matches.

It isn't a true Japanese maple if a bird can't fly through it. It's important to keep them open and airy. Some (varieties) require more pruning than others. Some are nicer if left as mounds of leaves, looking more like shrubs.

Those jackets look just fine on them. But you just know everyone gets up a little more to play you. You should get up to play everyone here anyway, but there's something about seeing that maple leaf that adds something.

Most all the courts are maple now. The wood is strong enough, and it's got a good color to it.

Which means you put it in your mouth and taste it. We get people who know the flavor of maple syrup, and off-flavors, and they try each one.

We played a team up by Hobart that has a grain mill in the outfield, and you have to play around it. Our home field has a maple tree in right field. You just play around it.

What we're being told is the potency is greater than ice. That's a little concerning. It's going to be harder to identify because it can be concealed more easily. They say it looks like maple syrup.

We don't want you convicted for condiment theft. You go to that prison, you'll meet big-time operators. Maple syrup stealers.

I sit where the leaves of the maple and the gnarled and knotted gum are circling and drifting around me.

We would like to release this information to the developer community, because they invested the money into this, and we certainly do not want future homeowners in Maple Park to be below the flood plain.

We're hoping people will see the value in this and agree to let the city plant a sugar maple in their yard. We all benefit from the beauty of these trees. It's part of the ambiance of this town, and that's not something we want to lose.

Every single wagon going to Oregon had a tub of maple sugar in it. They didn't have bags of white sugar from the store. It was called tub sugar and later soft sugar.

Everyone was in great spirits, and most of them didn't know much about the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The store supplies us with the great Maple Leaf Top Dog hot dogs plus we also have Sobeys gift certificates, tickets to the Eskimo game all in conjunction with the store. Its a lot of fun to talk with people, talk up the football game and also to talk about the store and the area.

We feel quite confident and satisfied that we, through a fairly robust process, have reached full and fair value in this offer from Maple Leaf for our shareholders.

But the practice began at Maple Creek, and historically we had the greatest number of parents stay overnight at that school.

There was a line clear back down the road to get in to eat (Saturday). It's probably the only place you can go for five bucks, eat all you want and have real maple syrup.

Why not? I hope it's going to help me the rest of my season, this tournament, and I hope the rest of the Maple Leafs here that are playing are going to enjoy it and come back with a fresh mind.

This trip is a rare chance to learn the time-honored tradition of maple sugaring while connecting with nature in western Maine.

Toronto would be an excellent addition to Major League Soccer under the leadership of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, one of the preeminent sports and entertainment companies in the world, ... We are enthusiastic about bringing an MLS team to Toronto and are prepared to host the 2008 All-Star Game and an MLS Cup in Toronto by 2012.

The weight of the wheel and water deteriorated the axle. It dropped about three inches and just starting chucking wooden teeth out of some smaller gears. Those teeth are specially made out of very, very hard maple wood, so you can imagine the stress.

This is the best getaway for me, the best escape, ... Growing up, this is what I wanted to do, where I wanted to be. I mean, me, actually being a Toronto Maple Leaf ...

I'm trying leave the program in better shape than when I joined. We want to keep the Canadian pride alive. Thinking back, those years were the best I've experienced in baseball. And I've gotten more out of the game than most that wore that wore the Maple Leaf.

I have sold a number of frames, several paintings, and a tiger maple stand.

I'm excited about having the team over, ... I know there are a lot of Leafs fans in Sweden and in Europe, so this is a great chance for the European audience to watch the Toronto Maple Leafs. I think that's the most fun thing about this whole thing. We are going to focus on practicing and preparing for the season, just the same way we would if we were somewhere around Toronto. I'm sure we are going to have some chances at night to have some dinners and take a look around Stockholm, but most of the focus is going to be on practicing and getting ready.

I wanted to step it up and go as big as possible and totally represent my brothers who have helped me throughout my career. Thank you, family. And thanks, too, for all that Vermont maple syrup. That's what does it, you know.

It's been everything from a dairy to a poultry farm to a vegetable operation. I'm running it as a naturally grown, small fruits and vegetables and sizeable maple operation.

I think NHL teams and fans should know that if a $33.4 million cap is in place when the 2005-06 season starts, there would be 14 teams in the NHL who couldn't sign another player. Eleven teams would still lose money. The Toronto Maple Leafs, for the '05-06 season, would have $35.5 million and they would have nine players to play the games.

In Toronto, the Maple Leaf emblem is as strong as the New York Yankees,

That`s a maple leaf, Canadian, not just for being too European but too Canadian. Not so subtly putting [Ted] Cruz`s face inside that maple leaf there.

You've got to have the right kind of trees. If you're a Chinese kid, you don't know about maple syrup. If you're raised in Georgia, like I was, you don't know about maple syrup.

There's always emotion when you play the Toronto Maple Leafs. It's a big rivalry and they bring their crowd with them and it's a good game every time. I know they're desperate and trying to fight for a playoff spot so they're going to be hungry and we should be ready.

It's unfortunate for the state of Vermont and particularly the syrup industry because you're eliminating the word Vermont on maple syrup on our product and all over the United States. Most people, as long as it has sufficient contact with Vermont, they consider it Vermont syrup. They don't care where the tree is.

It's a real testament to Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

As you know, Maple Park has a flood plain around it, but it was an approximate zone. We thought it would be helpful to research and develop and do an in-depth study.

For the past 14 years I have been wearing the Maple Leaf on my jersey and it's always been an honor, but today's its very special.

We are bound only by the limits of our imaginations.

Maples are such sociable trees ... They're always rustling and whispering to you.

...a sad sort of vulnerability was wafting from her, making the night smell like maple syrup.