Grapes Quotes

• The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

  Galileo Galilei

  Inspirational, Funny, Summer

  "Sun of gOd: Discover the Self-Organizing Consciousness That Underlies Everything". Book by Gregory Sams (p. 78), May 1, 2009.

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• You cannot eat a cluster of grapes at once, but it is very easy if you eat them one by one.

  Jacques Roumain

  Easy, Clusters, Ifs

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• When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.

  Henri Nouwen

  Wine, Thinking, Crushed

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• Wherever wine grapes are grown, it is beautiful.

  Margrit Mondavi

  Beautiful, Wine

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• It's true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Wine, Age, Abby

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• The heart, like the grape, is prone to delivering its harvest in the same moment it appears to be crushed.

  Roger Housden

  Heart, Moments, Harvest

  Roger Housden (2007). “Ten Poems to Change Your Life”, p.28, Harmony

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• Nuts don’t come in bunches. Only grapes do.

  John Sandford

  Nuts, Bunch

  John Sandford (2012). “Shock Wave”, p.68, Simon and Schuster

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• Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Patience, Greek Philosopher

  Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.48

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• It is the crushed grape that gives out the blood-red wine: it is the suffering soul that breathes the sweetest melodies.

  Mary Abigail Dodge

  Wine, Blood, Giving

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• Grapes become wine only when they have been squeezed.

  Oswald Chambers

  Wine, Has Beens

  Oswald Chambers (2015). “Called of God: Extracts from My Utmost for His Highest on the Missionary Call”, p.23, Discovery House

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• The juice of the grape is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Food, Wine, Juice

  Thomas Love Peacock (1875). “The Works of Thomas Love Peacock: Including His Novels, Poems, Fugitive Pieces, Criticisms, Etc”

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• There are no great enologists. Only good grapes

  Michel Rolland

  Wine

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• My favorite fruit is grapes. Because with grapes, you always get another chance. 'Cause, you know, if you have a crappy apple or a peach, you're stuck with that crappy piece of fruit. But if you have a crappy grape, no problem - just move on to the next. 'Grapes: The Fruit of Hope.'

  Demetri Martin

  Funny, Im Sorry, Moving

  "'Comedy Central Presents' ('Demetri Martin')". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. March 19, 2004.

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• A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

  Dorothy Parker

  Hangover, Wrath

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• We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

  E. B. White

  Running, Wine, Long

  E. B. White (1989). “The Letters of E. B. White”, Perennial

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• Nay, in death's hand, the grape-stone proves
  As strong as thunder is in Jove's.

  Abraham Cowley

  Strong, Hands, Stones

  Abraham Cowley (1710). “The Works”, p.62

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• Beulah, peel me a grape

  Mae West

  Inspiration

  'I'm No Angel' (1933 film)

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• I am sure the grapes are sour.

  Aesop

  Sour

  "The Fox and the Grapes". A fable by Aesop,

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• I am certain that the good Lord never intended grapes to be made into grape jelly.

  Fiorello H. La Guardia

  Wine, Jelly, Lord

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• I've been into the habit of freezing white grapes and using them as a snack. Instead of eating peanuts or popcorn or something like that or pretzels, I just eat the white grapes.

  Mike Ditka

  Sports, Ice Cream, Snacks

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• Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1819). “The Posthumous and Other Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.290

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• I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.

  Aesop

  Sour, Sour Grapes, Ripe

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• The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspiration, Sassy, Faces

  William Shakespeare (1998). “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, p.346, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

  Louis Pasteur

  Food, Drinking, Health

  Etudes sur le vin Pt 1, Ch. 2, Sect. B

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• People pretend not to like grapes when the vines are too high for them to reach

  Marguerite de Navarre

  Kids, Hard Work, People

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