Ripe Quotes

250 quotes by 220 authors

In judgement be ye not too confident, Even as a man who will appraise his corn When standing in a field, ere it is ripe. — Dante Alighieri
A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and ten. It is at this age, when he would be… — W. Somerset Maugham
There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe. — Publilius Syrus
How do you know that the fruit is ripe? Simply because it leaves the branch. — Andre Gide
When the people are too much attached to savage independence, to be tolerant of the amount of power to which it is for their good… — John Stuart Mill
The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine as well as the masculine interpretation of that common social… — Anna Garlin Spencer
The fact is I am not having sex. But I feel absolutely ripe for the, what would you say? plucking? — Angelina Jolie
I am involved in a lot of nonprofits. And when I reached the ripe old age of 60, I wanted to provide leadership to some… — David Rubenstein
Status is always ripe for satire, status is always good for comedy. — Stephen Colbert
It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems. — Chris Patten
I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album. — Anita Baker
You want hot days to get your fruit ripe but then you want it to cool off nicely at night so that the grapes stay… — Drew Bledsoe
Splendid cheeses they were, ripe and mellow, and with a two hundred horse-power scent about them that might have been warranted to carry three miles,… — Jerome K. Jerome
When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe. — Kathie Lee Gifford
In this age of quick fixes and microwave mindsets, most of us want what we want, and we want it right now, whether it is… — Derek Rydall
By 3000 B.C. the art of Egypt was so ripe and so far advanced that it is surprising to find any student of early culture… — James Henry Breasted
Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe. — Laozi
If the fruit is green it will not fall to the ground even if you beat it with a sharp stick. When it is ripe… — Sathya Sai Baba
The mind must become the servant of the intellect, not the slave of the senses. It must discriminate and detach itself from the body. Like… — Sathya Sai Baba
Now musing o'er the changing scene Farmers behind the tavern screen Collect; with elbows idly press'd On hob, reclines the corner's guest, Reading the news… — John Clare

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