Ties Quotes

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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… — Charles William Eliot
Rescue the drowning and tie your shoestrings. — Henry David Thoreau
Habit is not mere subjugation, it is a tender tie; when one remembers habit it seems to have been happiness. — Elizabeth Bowen
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… — Cesar Chavez
The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment. — Felix Frankfurter
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
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… — Lionel Trilling
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,… — Primo Levi
We''ll build new ties of trade and of commerce, culture and education that unleash the potential of the Iraqi people. — Barack Obama
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
I like ties but I prefer not to wear one when I'm nervous. — Jamie Oliver
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… — Michel de Montaigne
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… — Ayn Rand
On all levels primary, and secondary and undergraduate - mathematics is taught as an isolated subject with few, if any, ties to the real world.… — Morris Kline
Today Christians ... stand at the head of [this country]... I pledge that I never will tie myself to parties who want to destroy Christianity… — Adolf Hitler
What an extraordinary time to be alive. We're the first people on our planet to have real choice: we can continue killing each other, wiping… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any… — Martha C. Nussbaum
But if there's love, dear... those are the ties that bind, and you'll have a family in your heart, forever. — Robin Williams
He spoke wistfully of a sudden leaving, a breaking of old ties, a flight into a strange world, ending in this dreary valley, and Ettie… — Arthur Conan Doyle
When he buys his ties he has to ask if gin will make them run. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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