White Tie Occasions

Famous quotes containing the words white, tie and/or occasions:

    A decent chap, a real good sort,
    Straight as a die, one of the best,
    A brick, a trump, a proper sport,
    Head and shoulders above the rest;
    How many lives would have been duller
    Had he not been here below?
    Here’s to the whitest man I know
    Though white is not my favourite colour.
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    Oh, darling, let your body in,
    let it tie you in,
    in comfort.
    What I want to say, Linda,
    is that women are born twice.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    Our speech has its weaknesses and its defects, like all the rest. Most of the occasions for the troubles of the world are grammatical.
    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)