Yellow Ribbons

Famous quotes containing the words yellow and/or ribbons:

    “He’s made a harp of her breast-bane,
    Whose sound wad melt a heart of stane.

    He’s ta’en three locks o’ her yellow hair,
    And wi’ them strung his harp sae rare.”
    —Unknown. Binnorie; or, The Two Sisters (l. 41–44)

    “After your baby arrives, you yourself may feel like something of a present, albeit clumsy, wrapped in unmatched ribbons and bows, but new. Untried. Untested.”
    —Sally Placksin (20th century)