Tom Hyde, the tinker, standing on the gallows, was asked if he had anything to say. "Tell the tailors," said he, "to remember to make a knot in their thread before they take the first stitch." His companion's prayer is forgotten.
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
Often attributed to Thomas Jefferson, this quote first appeared in a 1946 article in “California Folklore Quarterly.”
Man is a knot into which relationships are tied.
O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me t'untie.
You fool, You have been dangling For such a long time! When will you seize the opportunity Or feel the necessity To untangle the taut knot Of your bondage-life?
Either things happen for a reason, or they happen for no reason at all. Either one's life is a thread in a glorious tapestry or humanity is just a hopelessly tangled knot.
If time was a string connecting all of your stories, that party would be the point where everything knots up. And that knot keeps growing and growing, getting more and more tangled, dragging the rest of your stories into it.
I had many luxuries in life, even before I tied the knot.
Knit your hearts with an unslipping knot.
It was like looking at a knot, knowing it was a knot, but not knowing how to untie it. I had no map for this life.
If I spray it on the seat, lady gonna tie a big knot in the meat.