What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

We found vines of a large size, and in some cases quite loaded with grapes; we also found an abundance of roses, which appeared to be like those of Castile.

- Junipero Serra

I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture.

- John Hawkes

I tend to eat things in fours. I'll eat four nuts, four grapes, four chips at a time. I don't know why. It's not really a superstition. I don't think anything bad will happen if I don't, but three potato chips doesn't seem right.

- Jimmy Wales

When you think about 'The Grapes of Wrath,' it's an American masterpiece, and a very long process goes into the making of such a book.

- Jay Parini

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

- John Steinbeck

Grapes are grown in such profusion in the Southern and Western States that I have seen damaged bunches thrown to the pigs. Americans find it difficult to understand how highly this fruit is prized in England.

- Isabella Bird

Now, instead of loading up your jalopy and heading for California, you take a second, badly paid job; 'The Grapes of Wrath' has turned into 'Nickel and Dimed.'

- Geoff Dyer

The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labour in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour.

- Frederic Raphael

There is stuff I would have liked to have done. But there are no sour grapes.

- Frank Gehry

Telling a story is like trying to eat grapes with a fork. It's always trying to get away from you. And if you're a good author, and you've challenged yourself, and you're telling big stories, there's more and more that's trying to get away from you simultaneously.

- Brent Weeks

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

The Helmand area used to be the breadbasket of Afghanistan. There was a time when a substantial number of the grapes we ate came from Afghanistan.

- Des Browne

My goodness, everyone is planting grapes, even a neighbor with only five acres.

- Doc Severinsen

I never ate of the grapes nor feared of the eruptions.

- David O. Selznick

I could spend a whole day at a spa. I'd get a facial, a scalp rub, massages, then eat some grapes and be good to go.

- Dule Hill

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.

- Diogenes

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of actually visiting the Playboy Mansion. I saw the peacocks, fed grapes to the monkeys, and even braved the fabled Grotto. After seeing the estate, I understood why anyone would be reluctant to leave.

- Diablo Cody

You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s.

- Charlton Heston

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

- Cesar Chavez