tie quotes

I'm puttin'on my top hat Tyin'up my white tie Brushin'off my tails

-Berlin, Irving originally Israel Baline
  'Top Hat, White Tie and Tails', performed by Fred  Astaire in Top Hat.

Any old iron, any old iron, Anyany old old iron? You look neat Talk about a treat, You look dapper from your napper to your feet. Dressed in style, brand new tile, And your father's old green tie on, But I wouldn't give you tuppence for your old watch chain; Old iron, old iron?

-Collins, Charles
  'Any Old Iron' (with E  A Sheppard and Fred Terry). The second line is commonly rendered'Any any any old iron?'.

Fool, not to know that love endures no tie, And Jove but laughs at lovers'perjury. 292

-Dryden,John
  Palamon and  Arcite, bk.2, l.148^9.

OnereasonItry toget peopletocall me Newt istobreak down barriers. It's a whole lot easier for someone to say, 'Newt, you've got a spot on your tie,'than it is to say 'Congressman'.

-Gingrich, Newt(on Leroy)
   Attributed comment.

Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport.

-Harris, Rolf
British  novelist,  born  in  Guyana.  His  best-known  work  is The Guyana Quartet (1960^3).

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