Top 174 Knot Quotes & Sayings

To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

I've tried and I can't. The thought of it twists me in a knot.

If I spray it on the seat, lady gonna tie a big knot in the meat.

the marriage twists, holds firm, a sailor's knot.

Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate; And many a Knot unravel'd by the Road; But not the Master-knot of Human Fate.

The man inside of woman ties a knot so that they will never again be separate.

We all have an old knot in the heart we wish to untie.

How delicious is the winning Of a kiss at Love's beginning, When two mutual hearts are sighing For the knot there's no untying!

I love to do a messy top knot because it's so easy but looks like it could have taken a bit of effort!

Each obsession is a knot in your being. Once it is opened, great energy is released

A knot you are of damned bloodsuckers.

But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it.

The novels that attract me most are those that create an illusion of transparency around a knot of human relationships as obscure, cruel, and perverse as possible.

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

When a knot gets to tight, you can always cut the rope

How the purer spirit is united to his clod, is a knot too hard for fallen humanity to untie.

If you can describe clearly without a diagram the proper way of making this or that knot, then you are a master of the English language.

The British Isles are awash with the choice of beautiful historic churches, abbeys, and cathedrals where one king or another has tied the knot and bestowed a royal precedent.

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.

I have my own sheep and I literally sheer the sheep and knot sweaters for friends and family from scratch.

We and you ought not to pull on the ends of a rope which you have tied the knots of war. Because the more the two of us pull, the tighter the knot will be tied. And then it will be necessary to cut that knot, and what that would mean is not for me to explain to you. I have participated in two wars and know that war ends when it has rolled through cities and villages, everywhere sowing death and destruction. For such is the logic of war. If people do not display wisdom, they will clash like blind moles and then mutual annihilation will commence.

How a diamond comes into a knot of flame How a sound comes into a word, coloured By who pays what for speaking. Some words are open. Love is a word another kind of open — As a diamond comes into a knot of flame I am black because I come from the earth's inside. Take my word for jewel in your open light.

God in heaven holds each person by a string. When you sin, you cut the string. Then God ties it up again. Making a knot, bringing you a little closer to Him. Again and again your sins cut the string and with each knot God keeps drawing you closer and closer.

Long ago in China, knot-makers tied string into buttons and frogs, and rope into bell pulls. There was one knot so complicated that it blinded the knot-maker. Finally an emperor outlawed this cruel knot, and the nobles could not order it anymore. If I had lived in China, I would have been an outlaw knot-maker.

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

Men tighten the knot of confusion Into perfect misunderstanding.

A good mooring needs no knot, still no one can untie it.

We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Sometimes I feel like we're a knot, too tangled to be taken apart.

Sometimes we find ourselves walking through life blindfolded, and we try to deny that we're the ones who securely tied the knot.

The poet is an untier of knots, and love without words is a knot, and it drowns.

I had many luxuries in life, even before I tied the knot.

In Italy, they say rain on your wedding day is symbolic of fresh beginnings, cleansing, a pure marriage, and also a wet knot that can't be untied.

Writing a poem is unwriting a knot, like untying a shoelace that is clubbing your foot.

Always double-knot your sneakers. One of my teammates once lost a shoe during a game!

The knot of intimacy at the center of 'Ten Thousand Saints' is the friendship between Teddy McNicholas and Jude Keffy-Horn.

One trend I always go for is nautical: stripes, navy, rope knot belts, gold buckles.

The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.

In my whole life, I've worn black tie three times. I can't tie the knot myself.

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?

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.

In the history of a soul’s evolution there is a critical point of the human incarnation that decides for us whether we stay there, go down or progress upwards. There is a knot of worldly desires impeding us; cut the knot by mastering desires and go forward. This done, progress is assured.

God holds each of us by a string. When we sin, we cut the string. But God ties it up again, making a knot. Each time our wrongdoing cuts the string, God ties another knot drawing us up closer to Him.

But courage wasn't an absence of fear; it was fighting despite the knot in your stomach.

you shall tie the marriage knot with the ropemaker's daughter and the cawing of the crows will be your wedding song.

Girls Scouts taught me to succeed (cookie selling) and to fail (knot tying) and to learn and benefit from both.

When I do tie the knot, it will be one time, for good.

Victory won't come to me unless I go to it; a grape tendril ties a knot in knots till knotted thirty times

This knot of nature is so well tied that nobody was ever cunning enough to find the two ends.

The reelection of Bill Clinton is as secure as a double-knot tied in wet rawhide.

I believe in tying the marriage knot, as long as it's around the woman's neck

I got a huge knot in my stomach because if Antarctica could talk, it would be saying only one thing: you don't belong here. (277)

With knot of one, the spell's begun. With knot of two, the spell be true. With knot of three, the spell is free. With knot of four, the power is stored. With knot of five, the spell with thrive. With knot of six, this spell I fix.

Knit your hearts with an unslipping knot.

I look upon Salman as an elder brother and want him to tie the knot first. Once he does that, I will settle down too.

In the pun, two strings of thought are tangled into one acoustic knot.

I begin to love this little creature, and to anticipate his birth as a fresh twist to a knot, which I do not wish to untie.