Knot Quotes

130 quotes by 114 authors

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue. — Ambrose Bierce
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. — Jean Cocteau
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… — Ben Affleck
Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the… — Philip Sidney
I am an artist because the knot is so powerful I just can not, nor want to be, anything else or do anything else. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
A knot you are of damned bloodsuckers. — William Shakespeare
Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate; And many a Knot unravel'd by the Road; But… — Omar Khayyam
As a magnifying glass concentrates the rays of the sun into a little burning knot of heat that can set fire to a dry leaf… — Thomas Merton
A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the… — Henri Frederic Amiel
I believe in tying the marriage knot, as long as it's around the woman's neck — W.C. Fields
When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied.… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Drama, instead of telling us the whole of a man's life, must place him in such a situation, tie such a knot, that when it… — Leo Tolstoy
Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being. — Rumi
There are similarities between absolute power and absolute faith: a demand for absolute obedience, a readiness to attempt the impossible, a bias for simple solutionsto… — Eric Hoffer
I begin to love this creature, and to anticipate her birth as a fresh twist to a knot, which I do not wish to untie. — Mary Wollstonecraft
We and you ought not to pull on the ends of a rope which you have tied the knots of war. Because the more the… — Nikita Khrushchev
A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys… — William Cowper
Look at yourselves. Some of you teenagers, students. How do you think I feel and I belong to a generation ahead of you - how… — Malcolm X
There's a curious knot that binds novelists and terrorists...Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life… — Don DeLillo
If Britney Spears can party it up in Vegas with one of her boys and go get married on a whim and annul her marriage… — Brendon Ayanbadejo

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