Ripe Quotes

250 Ripe quotes by 220 unique authors

From here on in, Harry, I may be as woefully wrong as Humphrey Belcher who believed the time was ripe for a cheese cauldron. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Narcissists are everywhere in this ripe age of self-love, which amazes me because so much in life would seem to foster humility. Each of us… — Dean Koontz
She wore white heirloom lace about her throat And in her hair a bright golden feather A pearl like a plum hung ripe from her… — Shannon Hale
I will take the sun in my mouth and leap into the ripe air Alive with closed eyes to dash against darkness — E E Cummings
All through autumn we hear a double voice: one says everything is ripe; the other says everything is dying. The paradox is exquisite. We feel… — Gretel Ehrlich
Do not neglect to bring your revolver, Russell. It may be needed, and it does us no good in your drawer with that disgusting cheese."… — Laurie R. King
Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine! To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne? Crystal is muddy. O, how ripe in show Thy lips,… — William Shakespeare
ASTONISHING, said Death. REALLY ASTONISHING. LET ME PUT FORWARD ANOTHER SUGGESTION: THAT YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A LUCKY SPECIES OF APE THAT IS TRYING… — Terry Pratchett
I took the jacket off, changed my T-shirt for a dark gray tank top, slipped on the tangle of the back sheath, and put the… — Ilona Andrews
A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to lie rotting on the ground. — Emile Zola
If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think the time is ripe for a return to the refinement of lifestyle that the pocket watch embodies. A personal pleasure that you know… — Richard Miller
My Bubbie lived to 104, which is probably a little too old to consider a ripe old age, because she had already started to turn.… — Gilbert Gottfried
Barack Obama has talked a lot about changing the way America relates to the world, and few areas are as ripe for reform as our… — Iqbal Quadir
I began auditioning for acting jobs at the ripe old age of 12. Thirty years later, including a 15-year run on television, I sometimes just… — Diane Farr
Every week, I heave open a supermarket skip and find therein a more exotic shopping list of items than I could possibly have invented -… — Tristram Stuart
Baseball grew rapidly in favor; the field was ripe. America needed a live outdoor sport, and this game exactly suited the national temperament. It required… — John Montgomery Ward
Cities are ripe for redesign, and many are already well on that path. Cloud-based networks that provide easy and inexpensive access to and tracking of… — Lisa Gansky
Fraudulent and improper payments have long bedeviled Medicare, a $466 billion program. In particular, payments for durable medical equipment, like power wheelchairs and diabetic test… — Charles Duhigg
Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-hearted, but memorable! — Michael Leunig
Spooning a seasonal fruit relish onto a plate of grilled king salmon is very much my style - flavorful, straightforward, and unfussy. I also like… — Tom Douglas
We all wish to reach a ripe old age, but none of us are prepared to admit that we are already there. — Francisco de Quevedo
The time was ripe for Flower. The vibe was right. — Jody Watley
Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here. — Daniel Ortega

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