A man will work and slave in obscurity for ten years and then become famous in ten minutes.

- Robert Ripley

Anybody who is born in Santa Rosa must turn out to be either an artist or a poet, for the spirit of the hills gets into your blood out there.

- Robert Ripley

My aunt had a season ticket for the Friday afternoon concerts, and I would go down for lessons. My lessons were Saturday morning.

- Robert Ripley

I Have traveled 201 countries including Hell (Norway), and the strangest thing I've seenwas man

- Robert Ripley

He was making all kinds of sounds apparently with his mouth, and shaking his head and I thought, gosh, is he trying to stop the orchestra? Is it all …

- Robert Ripley