“In the career of female fame, there are few prizes to tie obtained which can vie with the obscure state of a beloved wife or a happy mother.” StatesMotherCareersWifeFameFemaleBelovedTiesPrizeObscureBeloved Wife Author:Jane Porter
“There is a close tie of affection between sovereigns and their subjects; and as chaste wives should have no eyes but for their husbands, so faithful liegemen should keep their regards at home and not look after foreign crowns. For my part I like not for my sheep to wear a stranger's mark nor to dance after a foreigner's whistle.” ShouldLooksHomeEyeWifeSubjectsHusbandShould HaveMarkRelationRegardAffectionStrangerFaithfulTiesPatriotismSheepCrownsMonarchyForeignersInternational RelationsChaste Author:Elizabeth I
“There is a story in the book Night Shift, called 'The Mangler,' about a laundry machine that takes on a sort of malignant life. I worked in a laundry for about a year and a half after I got out of college. It was the only job I could find to support my wife and our first child. There was a fellow there that had no hands or forearms. He simply had hooks. This is one of the things that they don't tell you about when you become management. You have to wear a tie. It was this fellow's tie that did him in.” YearsFirstsChildrenBookStoriesHandsJobsNightHalfSupportWifeCollegeMachinesManagementFellowsMy WifeTiesHookLaundryNight Shift Author:Stephen King
“At the time the world was all upside down. The American people were beginning to move around a lot. The old hometown ties had been pretty much broken. The theme of Farmer Takes a Wife appealed to people. Everybody was homesick. And it sold and sold and sold.” PeopleWorldMovingWifeBrokenTiesThemeFarmersUpside DownHometownHomesick Author:John Gould
“My wife Jennifer's family is all from there. Jennifer grew up there, so we have personal ties forever - her mom, dad, her brother, her twin brother - so, there's certainly a personal connection there that will also be there. Also, even though I grew up in Omaha, I feel like I really grew up in Milwaukee.” FeelsForeverWifeBrotherGrewMomDadGrew UpConnectionsMy WifeTiesTwinsJenniferOmahaMilwaukeePersonal ConnectionTwin BrotherMom Dad Author:Peter Buffett
“My wife always asks me why I don't make the bed. And I respond with the same reason why I don't tie my shoes after I take them off.” ReasonAsksWifeBedShoesMy WifeAsk MeReason WhyTies Author:Jim Gaffigan