Ties Quotes - Page 25

• Freindshipp is beyond all relations of flesh and blood, because it is less materiall.

  John Evelyn

  Friendship, Patience, Real

  "The Life of Mrs. Godolphin" by John Evelyn, London: William Pickering, (pp. 20-21), 1847.

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• Friendship above all ties does bind the heart; And faith in friendship is the noblest part.

  Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery

  Real, Heart, Doe

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• Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty; nor the least authority to command or exact obedience from him, except that which arose from the ties of consanguinity.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Men, Liberty, Moral

  Alexander Hamilton (1842). “The Official and Other Papers ...”, p.76

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• Even Republicans seem to think that these undocumented Democrats could be made [GOP] voters...and what happens is that two out every three that would be legalized [and] become Democrats. And it's not 12 million. It's more like 20 million...But it isn't just the equation of 2/3 of over 20 million that will vote for the guy who opposes our conservative candidate whoever that might be, but it's also those who will leave us if we fail them...We have to go back and tie together and restore the pillars of American exceptionalism and the rule of law is essential.

  Steve King

  Thinking, Law, Two

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• The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.

  James A. Baldwin

  Land, Justice, Diversity

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• Matt and I have set a date. Matt and I will tie the knot New Years Day in the town of Swampscott, Massachusetts. Reserve your hotel rooms now. I will be having a gay marriage.

  Ben Affleck

  Funny, New Year, Gay

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• After referees negated a line change that led to Tampa Bay"s winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: After all these years in the league, am I that stupid that I would put four forwards and one defenseman in a 3-3 tie, in the third period? I think everybody that knows me here knows I"m not that stupid. I might be halfway stupid, but not that stupid.

  Pat Burns

  Stupid, Hockey, Winning

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• I mean you're so shy & I'm lovin your tie
  You're like slicker than the guy with the thing on his eye

  Nicki Minaj

  Flirty, Mean, Eye

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• Let the minor genius go his light way and enjoy his life - the great nature cannot so live, he is never really in holiday mood, even though he often plucks flowers by the wayside and ties them into knots and garlands like little children and lays out on a sunny morning.

  William Butler Yeats

  Morning, Children, Flower

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• The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by ties of love, then the wider circle of fellow-townsmen, fellow-countrymen, or fellow-men. To be of service is a solid foundation for contentment in this world.

  Charles William Eliot

  Helping Others, Men, Ties Of Love

  Charles William Eliot (1926). “Charles W. Eliot: the man and his beliefs”

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• Rescue the drowning and tie your shoestrings.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Teaching, Intellectual, Intelligence

  Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.124

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• Habit is not mere subjugation, it is a tender tie; when one remembers habit it seems to have been happiness.

  Elizabeth Bowen

  Remember, Tradition, Habit

  Elizabeth Bowen (1938). “The death of the heart”, Viking Pr

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• These observations tie in directly with the whole question of organizing. Why do we have leaders? We put some people out in the fields and all of a sudden they hit, they click. Everyone's happy with them and they begin to move mountains. With other people there are problems and heartaches. They just don't go. When we look and see what's happening, almost invariably the differences are along the lines of willingness to sacrifice and work long hours.

  Cesar Chavez

  Leadership, Moving, Sacrifice

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• The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.

  Felix Frankfurter

  Freedom, Liberty, Foundation

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• When married people don't get on they can separate, but if they're not married it's impossible. It's a tie that only death can sever.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Friendship, People, Impossible

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• Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to do with emotional safety, we have very strong ties of whose meaning and consequences in actuality we have no clear understanding.

  Lionel Trilling

  Strong, Emotional, Ideas

  Lionel Trilling (2012). “The Liberal Imagination”, p.286, New York Review of Books

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• The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one's country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.

  Primo Levi

  Country, Retirement, Military

  "Other People's Trades" by Primo Levi, ("Ex-Chemist"), 1985.

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• We'll build new ties of trade and of commerce, culture and education that unleash the potential of the Iraqi people.

  Barack Obama

  Military, People, Culture

  "Remarks by the President on Ending the War in Iraq". obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. October 21, 2011.

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• The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Family, Children, House

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• I like ties but I prefer not to wear one when I'm nervous.

  Jamie Oliver

  Recycling, Nervous

  "Naked Chef dressing down". siouxcityjournal.com. October 29, 2003.

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• God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also.

  Joseph Barber Lightfoot

  Lasts, Firsts, Links

  Joseph Barber Lightfoot (Bishop of Durham) (1890). “Ordination addresses and counsels to clergy”

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• There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to trees and plants.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Respect, Tree, Humanity

  Michel de Montaigne, Bayle St. John (1866). “Essays [tr. by Cotton”, p.115

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• One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary.

  Ayn Rand

  Hands, Feet, Liberty

  Ayn Rand (1990). “The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought”, p.139, Penguin

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• On all levels primary, and secondary and undergraduate - mathematics is taught as an isolated subject with few, if any, ties to the real world. To students, mathematics appears to deal almost entirely with things whlch are of no concern at all to man.

  Morris Kline

  Education, Real, Science

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• Today Christians ... stand at the head of [this country]... I pledge that I never will tie myself to parties who want to destroy Christianity .. We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit ... We want to burn out all the recent immoral developments in literature, in the theater, and in the press - in short, we want to burn out the poison of immorality which has entered into our whole life and culture as a result of liberal excess during the past ... (few) years.

  Adolf Hitler

  Christian, Country, Religious

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