White Tie/elements

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

    He thought that I was after him for a feather—
    The white one in his tail; like one who takes
    Everything said as personal to himself.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as the tie of their cravats, there is always a good number who once meant to shape their own deeds and alter the world a little.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    The three great elements of modern civilization, gunpowder, printing, and the Protestant religion.
    Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)