Best Rakes Quotes

42 Rakes quotes by 36 unique authors

It is no disparagement to the garden to say it will not fence and weed itself, nor prune its own fruit trees, nor roll and… — C.S. Lewis
Joseph is the wearisomest and self-righteous Pharisee who ever ransacked the Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses on his neighbor. — Emily Bronte
Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually… — Diane Ackerman
A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
You can rake the muck this way, rake the muck that way-- it will always be muck. Have I sinned or have I not sinned?… — Martin Buber
I shake my head. I pick up the rake and start making the dead-leaf pile neater. A blister pops and stains the rake handle like… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Bedding her could be anything from tenderness to riot, but to take her when she was a bit the worse for drink was always a… — Diana Gabaldon
Some guys step on a rake in the dark, and get mad and go punch somebody. Others step on a rake in the dark and… — Spider Robinson
... you should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it. We call that 'Diax's Rake' ... — Neal Stephenson
I am not a religious man. I have not attended a service for many years. But I do believe in God. My own practice of… — Jodi Picoult
Reformed rakes often make the best husbands — Judith McNaught
Reformed rakes make the best husbands,"Violet said. "Rubbish and you know it." -Anthony to Violet — Julia Quinn
I see. So you playacted the role of a rake who was only pretending to be in earnest, knowing you would come across as though… — Gaelen Foley
If you didn't have me to rake you over the coals now and then, there wouldn't be any fire in your life at all. — Joe Hill
You'd think that would have been forgotten long ago. But no, no sooner has a little grass grown over it than some clumsy camel comes… — Kerstin Gier
If you want to marry me, here's what you'll have to do: You must learn how to make a perfect chicken-dumpling stew. And you must… — Shel Silverstein
That drew a mocking laugh from Lillian. “Really, someone should tell St. Vincent that he’s a living cliché. He has become the embodiment of everything… — Lisa Kleypas

Who Wrote These Rakes Quotes

36 authors contributed a total of 42 Rakes Quotes, led by these top contributors: